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
Ms Marie Donnelly:
I will make one point. In our submission, we did not make a comment either in favour of or against data centres. We have taken a clear position that we are neither in favour of nor against data centres. We have looked at the carbon budget and the sectoral ceilings for electricity. We have identified that the growth in demand, which at the moment is driven in large measure by data centres, is such that our supply side of renewables is not in sync. That is the issue the council has pointed out.
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