West Dublin data centre consumes energy equivalent of 200k homes, and today's other top stories
Just one single data centre in west Dublin consumes energy equivalent to 200,000 homes, according to an internal government document seen by The Irish Times. Jack Horgan-Jones reports that’s ten…
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