Datacenters in Ireland draw more power than all rural homes put together
Bit barns consumed 14% of all energy for 2021 - a significant rise over just a few years Datacenter energy use has eclipsed power consumption among all rural homes in Ireland, according to figures from the country's Central Statistics Office (CSO). The trend is set to continue if 2020-2021 data holds with datacenter power draw growing by nearly one-third between 2020 and 2021....