@theslowai: A study commissioned by Friends of the Earth Ireland and Beyond Fossil Fuels found datacentres used 22 per cent of Ireland's electricity last year, more than every urban home combined. The 'hidden datacentre tax' added €360 to Irish household bills between 2015 and 2023. The report warns Europe is next. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/28/irish-datacentres-household-bills-electricity #SlowAI #DataCentres #Ireland #BigTech #AIenergycost

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catman4220
catman :
and my diesel car is a problem 🤔
2026-05-31 12:02:26
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badmama414
badmama :
Data centres increase household bills...they should pay for it instead of increasing everyone's bills.
2026-05-31 07:56:34
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tull_79
Tullskid :
surveillance centers
2026-05-31 20:17:32
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spider_knightly
Spider Knight :
Electric Ireland just put the prices up by 8% 2 days ago
2026-05-31 09:51:01
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highlandstallion
Barry :
data centres should only be allowed to run on renewable energy and the heat given off should be recovered by heat exchanges for local housing
2026-05-31 14:29:47
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stevel466
Steve L :
There are special electricity rates for businesses in Ireland. Data centres are a business. But yes because they use so much power these rates should be re-evaluated because Irish households are def picking up the tab.
2026-05-31 12:35:08
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tiktokfun323
homer :
Data Centres pay 19.8c/Kwh while households pay an average of 44.6c/kwh Data Centres pay just 19.1c/Kwh for electricity and just 0.7c/Kwh for network cost.
2026-06-01 10:31:12
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bassgsj
BassG :
Stop using AI.
2026-05-31 07:58:45
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dvid.be
David B :
this is incorrect. it was us. when we went away for a week we left a light on in the upstairs bathroom.
2026-05-31 13:21:51
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chris.feld
chrisfeld :
This also falsely inflates GDP. People are struggling.
2026-06-01 10:32:03
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pineappleplatoon13
Pol :
Our country’s main electricity provider, Electric Ireland, has had record profits over the last few years, yet we all received a latter this week to say there is a 9% increase being applied to our bills.
2026-06-01 01:29:54
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brendanbraddish73
Brendan Braddish800 :
awake yet
2026-06-03 09:06:17
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stumps32
Aaron fagan :
data centre are getting charged alot cheaper than what the public are charged
2026-05-31 13:59:20
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west_clare_smallholder
WCS 🇮🇪 :
Highest electric bills in Europe
2026-05-31 19:37:55
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shelly10170
shelly101 :
Each data centre is the equivalent of over 350,000 cars on the road. Make it make sense!
2026-05-31 16:57:00
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aspenrockx
AspenRockx :
Data centers there get special prices for energy.
2026-05-31 13:31:02
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t.ttt607
T TTT :
I've being saying this for a while hence why the electricity bills have sky rocketed
2026-06-20 16:17:33
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nhw1976
MonyMony :
who is their electricity supplier? why is the data centre not paying its bill? who owns this centre. so many questions.
2026-05-31 14:30:40
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muchechops
Ian H :
It only just occurred to me this morning: if “data centres” draw this much, how much has meta’s FB & Insta servers been using all this time? or YouTube??? those videos are BIG files!!!
2026-05-31 11:56:52
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carol444441
Carol :
i think I'm paying the ESB bill for at least 3 data centres.
2026-06-01 08:49:15
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daniel8.25
Daniel 8:25 :
Big data = Big debts?
2026-05-31 09:58:07
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sarahnevin5
sarahnevin5 :
yet they gonna keep hiking the bills
2026-06-01 05:42:00
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mags_m466
pinklady :
While countries like the US and China lead in both total number and physical footprint, smaller countries like Ireland and Singapore have the highest density of data centers relative to their size and economy. [1, 2, 3, 4]
2026-06-01 05:13:03
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apple.user2553545
Apple User255354 :
Christ almighty
2026-06-01 10:34:49
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everlastnes
Richard :
You thinks that’s bad all the water it uses and head it causes can change climate
2026-06-01 20:07:50
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