Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland

Mr. Martin Shanahan:

It does not include data centres per se, but working with data centres and the operators to reduce their carbon footprint and working with other companies involved in innovations in this regard could be part of it. On working with data centres specifically, it is agnostic. I am referring to anywhere we can achieve improvements through climate action, decarbonisation, reduced energy usage and increased biodiversity. We are agnostic in relation to the sector; we will work with all companies that are trying to contribute to the Government's overall decarbonisation plan.