Resources

Data centres can also be used as justification for building new fossil fuel infrastructure, such as terminals to import highly polluting fracked liquefied natural gas (LNG). We’ve produced a short resource on why Ireland doesn’t need more data centres and why it’s important to campaign against them. 

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Click here to download our briefing on data centres

 

Data centrres and the carbon budgets - Prof Hannah Daly Dec 2024

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Research by Professor Hannah Daly of UCC, commissioned by Friends of the Earth, reveals a stark picture concerning the increased use of fossil fuels by data centres and how this rising consumption of gas by the industry is creating a blindspot in our climate action planning.

Rosi Leonard, our Data Centre Campaigner, discussed the data centre research on RTE Drivetime - listen back here

 

Outside the data centre conference in Dublin in November 2024, Friends of the Earth and other groups held a protest. See here our flyer that we handed out. Shorter version of video.

 

In June 2023 we hosted a webinar to explore why and how we need to challenge data centre expansion in Ireland. You can watch it back here or via the screen above.

Useful links to learn more