@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
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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Tullskid :
surveillance centers
2026-05-31 20:17:32
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Spider Knight :
Electric Ireland just put the prices up by 8% 2 days ago
2026-05-31 09:51:01
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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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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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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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BassG :
Stop using AI.
2026-05-31 07:58:45
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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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chrisfeld :
This also falsely inflates GDP. People are struggling.
2026-06-01 10:32:03
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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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Brendan Braddish800 :
awake yet
2026-06-03 09:06:17
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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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WCS 🇮🇪 :
Highest electric bills in Europe
2026-05-31 19:37:55
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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 :
Data centers there get special prices for energy.
2026-05-31 13:31:02
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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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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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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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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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Daniel 8:25 :
Big data = Big debts?
2026-05-31 09:58:07
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sarahnevin5 :
yet they gonna keep hiking the bills
2026-06-01 05:42:00
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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 User255354 :
Christ almighty
2026-06-01 10:34:49
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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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