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Facebook's new Data Centre in Meath uses nearly 400 million litres of water per year. There are 20 more data centres in Ireland & another 30 more are planned. The GP are expecting Irish Taxpayers to pick up the tab for these environmental disasters... https://twitter.com/Independent_ie/status/1343111921105596418
Irish Data Centres currently run off our drinking water supply, however in many other countries they have managed to mitigate their environmental impact by running them on "grey" (untreated) water from canals. However, Irish Water on the other hand....
https://twitter.com/artimusfoul/status/1338479918276112384?s=20
https://twitter.com/artimusfoul/status/1338479918276112384?s=20
As mentioned that's not even beginning to consider their electricity use.
But we *can* reduce the environmental harm of Data Centres. But that costs money.
Oh, why are these companies In Ireland in the first place? Ah, yes our low tax regime. https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/big-tech-paid-less-tax-last-year-but-total-still-surged-39317124.html
But we *can* reduce the environmental harm of Data Centres. But that costs money.
Oh, why are these companies In Ireland in the first place? Ah, yes our low tax regime. https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/big-tech-paid-less-tax-last-year-but-total-still-surged-39317124.html
So to sum up @noonan_malcolm wants to tax Irish Citizens, while ignoring the massive water usage & environmental impact of Data Centres, owned by the billion dollar tech companies, who built them here in the first place because they know they dont have to pay any tax.
A number of quote tweets on this treat are from IT heads who are telling me I'm wrong about this, and these data centres only used "closed loop" cooling. I'm only quote tweeting, the times, the SBP, the journal, & oh and the *planning documents* for some of these data centres.
Greater Dublin is home to over 40 of these data centres who each utilise something between 500,000 to 4.5 million litres of water a day. We're not *flushing* drinking water Michael Noonan, big tech is guzzling it down....
