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Caroline O'Doherty

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The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

So that's one of the issues they're raising.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

So there's this new policy that was brought out at the end of last year.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

So setting aside the ones that are currently operating and setting aside the ones that have grid connection agreements, the new tranche of them, if you like, they're kind of waiting in the wings.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

The idea was that they would be told you have to produce 80% of, you have to produce your own electricity.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

So you can't be dragging from what we're generating.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

You have to generate electricity.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

How do you generate electricity?

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

You generate it by gas generators or by wind or by solar.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

They're being told that

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

they'll have to provide their electricity, 80% of it through wind or solar renewables.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

They've been given a six-year lead-in time for that.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

So in the meantime, they can bang up a gas generator and burn gas away.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

And the CO2 that comes from that, when we're talking greenhouse gas emissions, that doesn't disappear after six years.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

That's there forever.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

And then as they go on,

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

You'll still have that kind of 20 percent.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

They can still rely on fossil fuels.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

And 20 percent of something very large is very large.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

So this is an ongoing issue.

The Claire Byrne Show
Ireland is a ‘cautionary tale’ on data centres

Yeah, and it's not, I mean, these will be mainly down the line, offshore wind hopefully will provide so much electricity that there'll be no fights.