Further rise in the amount of electricity consumed by data centres

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New figures show that between 2024 and 2025 the volume of metered electricity used by the centres increased by 10%. For more on this our Work and Technology Correspondent, Brian O'Donovan and Hannah Daly, Professor of Sustainable Energy at University College Cork.

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