AI-fuelled cloud storage boom threatens Irish climate targets, report warns

Friends of the Earth calls on government to rein in growth of datacentres for fear they could increase fossil fuel use

Ireland has allowed itself to become a data dumping ground" for big technology companies such as Amazon and Meta which are monopolising clean energy generation for their datacentres, campaigners claim.

They say the growth of the cloud storage sector in Ireland is so rapid it is threatening the country's legally binding decarbonisation commitments.