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:

We absolutely are and very much support them. A key pillar of our strategy is sustainability. A part of our long-term energy plan is to develop offshore wind. Offshore wind should become a reality. My prediction is that it will be. There are significant amounts of wind energy required. Stable demand will be required, and data centres provide that stable demand. Data will be key. Without data centres and the ability of data centres to process data, this meeting would not be happening virtually.