Dublin council rejects Equinix's gas-powered data center
Another Dublin data center proposal bites the dust (for now)
Another Dublin data center proposal bites the dust (for now)
Project should be in final phase of Irish development
Data center now predicted to cost €80m
Company also spending $130m on chip R&D in Ireland
Irish High Court dismisses attempts to block development on health and planning grounds
170MW backup gas plant means the data center can be taken off the grid when necessary
And a windfall tax
Announcement comes as government issues an amber warning for the grid
Less than CBRE’s predicted 524MW, but still recording breaking
Claims this year will see ‘record amount’ of take-up across the five key European markets
Sungard continues sell-off post-bankruptcy
Telco deploys six on-premise cloud regions at three data centers in Ireland, Italy, and Germany
One facility connected to gas network amid connection embargo, 10 more facilities contracted
Ireland and Sweden first two markets cloud company rolling out biodiesel to
Grid-interactive battery sharing was a success in Dublin
Oracle Cloud is still the biggest winner of America's TikTok concerns
Company changes tac from planned gas plant
Company had already secured power for new buildings at Mulhuddart campus
Company planning gas plant as well as generators to overcome Dublin’s grid constraints
In a boost for the struggling grid
Would prove a big help for the struggling grid
Will be operated by an Icelandic government-owned telco
Move in response to concerns over impact on electricity networks in the region
Climate minister tells Gas Networks Ireland no more connections to data centers looking to only use gas