@rtenews: Around two thousand people have protested in Dublin city centre against data centres. They are calling for a moratorium on any new data centres because of environmental concerns, saying they add to carbon emissions. Campaigners say conditions that require new data centres to source 80% of their electricity from renewable energy sources do not go far enough. Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke has said data centre expansion is a “strategic opportunity for the Irish economy”. Link in bio to read more 📲 #protest #datacentre #ireland

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westwing11
Westwing119 :
EVERY single one of them has a mobile phone. EVERY single one.🤔
2026-11-07 18:28:49
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darren.shevlin
Darren Shevlin :
bet she protests for Palestine Ukraine an trans rights aswell 🤣
2026-11-07 16:34:55
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mcd.l1
L :
Do people not realise 95% of everyday applications, such as banking apps, social media, streaming, maps, online shopping, email and even work tools like Microsoft Teams, run on data centres? Every card payment, every Netflix show, every ChatGPT query runs through one - So yes, we do need data centres.
2026-11-07 16:20:26
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mygradlife
James Hannon :
We need data centre
2026-11-07 15:54:32
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densidh
Densídh ☘️ :
They picked today because they'd never get into town on foot on Thursday.
2026-11-07 16:15:49
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pnotherperspective4568
AnotherPersective2.0 :
Why do we need data centres that WE have to pay for that use up the water and electricity in such a huge way and damage the environment Why would we want to be monitored anymore than we already are lts just another tactic for rich billionaires to get richer at our expense
2026-11-07 19:02:05
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shbjinjonbvfcvbbj
shbjinjonbvfcvbbjkkoiuy :
Build them more money for electrical game
2026-11-07 18:17:07
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falalalaa26_11_
💙❤️✌️🐐 :
yeah
2026-11-07 18:50:39
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wesleypaul34
Wesley Paul :
🙏
2026-11-07 19:12:14
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niall37
Niall :
More data centres please
2026-11-07 15:58:26
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colm.rowsome
Colm Rowsome :
What would you do with your social media content without data centres ?
2026-11-07 17:59:09
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shuptimothy
shuptimothy :
Ai will be the end of the human race
2026-11-07 16:15:24
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colindunne0
Colin Dunne :
Who’s going to pay there dole
2026-11-07 16:13:05
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user_not_found111222
bob :
Data centres have brought in millions of income to Ireland jobs, taxs ect. We should not push them away as we would collapse without them. Ireland need tech and pharmaceutical to keep running. But what should change is how the power is given to them. Data centre should produce it's own power through solar and wind. A lot of data run solar panels on the roof to help reduce the load but not all centres do that. There are pros to them being here but also a fair bit of cons. They need us and we need them. work with each other not against
2026-11-07 16:40:20
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bobalicious230
bobalicious 23 :
more please more jobs
2026-11-07 16:34:56
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aodwj5
aodwj5 :
We need more datacenters but not subsidised by the public through electricity or taxes. The solution is cheap abundant energy supplies. But the EUSSR, Israel and USA have a blockade on energy entering Europe costing Europeans trillions in financial damages.
2026-11-07 16:35:38
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flipidyflops
Bowmar :
it's not what RTE reports that is important. What's important is what they don't report. rte is the propaganda wing of the Irish government.
2026-11-07 18:51:38
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jranners33
barnes 🇮🇪 :
all these idiots in the comments saying "what about your phones" these protests are on singular use hyperscaled centres for AI not general purpose data centres or tradional corporate ones. Once the investment dies down these data centres will become useless and there's only one use case for at most two customers open AI and anthropic
2026-11-07 19:07:51
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atsusnai17
AndoT1717 :
Theyve ruined every city at weekends with a new protest each week.
2026-11-07 16:59:10
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why.te300
why.te300 :
She won’t be able to charge her phone 🥴
2026-11-07 16:58:47
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jacquelinekane1
jacqui 💕🍉 :
👏👏👏
2026-11-07 15:51:09
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pnotherperspective4568
AnotherPersective2.0 :
America has nearly 5000 data centres UK has nearly 500 data centres now China with a population of one and a half billion has only 400 who's the clever ones
2026-11-07 19:03:21
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i.see.through.you22
I see through you :
RTE is a virus to the brain
2026-11-07 19:02:01
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i.see.through.you22
I see through you :
The Irish government is just a pure filthy pluage
2026-11-07 19:02:11
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kenda_7723
user7123123093 :
Why are they waving Palestinian flags?
2026-11-07 17:47:05
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