Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion

Mr. Jim Gannon:

We have a climate action plan in place. The demand strategy, which looks specifically at large energy user connections, to both gas and electricity, is in process and under consultation. We will be bringing forward a decision programme for quarter 1 of next year. That is being acted on. Separately, it has been helpful to have a clear Government policy statement to the effect that islanded data centres are not considered to be beneficial overall. That came out in July.

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