Is it time to rein in the data centre boom?

In The News by dconlon@irishtimes.com

Sep 17, 202628:38News & Politics

It seems incredible that no one knows how many data centres there are in Ireland. It could be as many as 100, it could be more. Whatever the number there are several others in the planning stages. What we do know is that...

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