Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion

Photo of Jennifer WhitmoreJennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It is. The conversation on this point has been going around in circles in recent years, however. One of the things in respect of which we need to be more strategic is the kind of data centres we have here. Does EirGrid believe there should be an allocation whereby a certain amount of energy demand would be set for data centres and the types of data centres we would allow to access that demand are those that can show a certain percentage of efficiencies, including the ability to store-----

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