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

Has the Minister been lobbied by the data centre industry either individually as data centres or the varying lobbying organisations? If so, what have been they been pushing for and what has been his response? What measures are being taken to ensure the policy on data centres does not place significant stress on Ireland's water supply, as well as the stress on our electricity supply? We know the Clonee data centre used 659 Ml of water in 2023. Has the Department undertaken an analysis of how current data centre policy risks undermining decarbonisation of our energy system? Will he act to compel data centres to annually disclose their current emissions and future projected emissions?