Why Irish data centre boom is complicating climate efforts

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Surge in processing industry will increase Ireland’s already too high carbon emissions

Inside Digital Realty’s Dublin data centre, racks of shiny black servers throb and whirr as unseen fans cool machines that steadily process unending data.

 

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This is nothing compared to what the Bitcoin network does to the environment

Data will be the new oil in the age of IoT. Data centres are the new banks in a time when physical cash is removed. Our dependence on the security of data is not just personal, it is the way our civilization will progress in a time with no paper books. DC's are a necessary evil.

Yes, this presents serious emissions. What % if profits will be provided to assist with issues relating to global climate emergency? IrishTimesPol

CO2 is plant food, not pollution. Reject the Climate Change® quasi-religion!

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