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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.
Click here to download our briefing on data centres
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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.