Written answers
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Energy Usage
Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the total amount of gas supplied to data centres for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46216/23]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Gas Networks Ireland has advised that there are very few data centres connected to the gas network, and, in order to meet commercial sensitivity obligations, Gas Networks Ireland is not in a position to disclose specific data pertaining to data centres. However, as outlined in the following table, which GNI has supplied to the Department, the volume of gas used in data centres is very small relative to the overall usage on the gas network.
| Data centre demand as a percentage of total ROI gas demand | |
|---|---|
| 2021 | c. 0.31% |
| 2022 | c. 0.28% |
| 2023 (YTD) | c. 0.001% |
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