Gerry McGovern6d ago

More than a fifth of the Ireland's electricity is gobbled up by data centres, a share set to rise to nearly one-third by 2034.

https://www.ft.com/content/9e949463-e394-46c9-b72f-65665b2c70b1?accessToken=zwAGTTawPv44kdOelJRj45RGydO3L2VmWyxwsQ.MEUCIGyZUh4KCfaI7x6qNqL7_jH1oQyqgrs1emDs8MCuDqaEAiEA0GAhgcOuZApqKfDHD9jnQGqZSq01Ia8OXjojjM3W3jQ&sharetype=gift&token=a3826025-abe3-4afc-87b3-d40819eff22a

About 80-90 data centers consume more electricity than every home in Ireland. The Irish government is hellbent on building more because it is owned and controlled by the new imperialists, Big Tech.

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Show threadFlanFlinger

@gerrymcgovern And now they want to build them in rural areas with the promise of 1000's of jobs, that'll mostly be the brief gain for about 18 months and predominantly labour from outside the county.

https://www.clare.fm/news/ennis-data-centre-ruling-described-as-brilliant-news-for-clare/

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Show threadGerry McGovern6d ago
@FlanFlinger Exactly. It takes about 25 people to run many of these massive data centers. The promise of jobs is a total con, except in the building phase, as you point out. And because the data center will demand so much energy, there won't be enough for new local businesses or homes. These data centers are absolutely terrible for local communities.
Show threadBrad Macpherson6d ago
@FlanFlinger @gerrymcgovern 😂 Thousands of jobs - lads it's the same people who could be building and improving existing housing, that will be diverted to building white elephants instead. They're essentially warehouses with chunky grid connections and plant rooms.
Show threadBrad Macpherson6d ago

@FlanFlinger @gerrymcgovern Even in the building phase they aren't adding thousands of jobs. As if that in itself would even be a good thing; hell, get people painting rocks and you can call it full employment. The model where we're supposed to aspire to 100% of the population being in chains is diabolical.

And don't think the buildings can't be repurposed as warehouses after the bubble bursts and the owning classes get homelessness criminalised...