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

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

What I am suggesting to Ms Donnelly is that even to think about her own computer, and the noise it makes when it begins to whirr and make activity. If it is just sitting there storing one's data on any given day, it is not making much noise or using a whole lot of energy. One can turn one's computer off and the hard drive still has the information on it. One's computer begins to whirr, make a bunch of noise and use a lot more energy when it is using the apps on top of it. It is far-----

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