Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Mr. Jim Gannon:

We made a genuine effort to provide the Deputy with the information she sought. In our letter on 16 September, we noted that there were eight data centres connected at the transmission level and a further eight had connection agreements in place but had not been connected yet. The latter eight has not been connected but were in the pipeline, to put it that way. At distribution level, which would be ESB Networks, there are 31 data centres connected and eight have connection agreements but are not yet connected. As such, there are eight at transmission level plus eight at distribution level, meaning 16 in total.