Skip to content
DataCentersExposed
Europe · data-center footprint

Ireland

Data centres used 21% of Ireland's national electricity in 2023 (CSO Ireland). DataCentersExposed tracks 46 AI data centers in Ireland — 9 operating and 0 in the pipeline — across 5 countys, run by 11 tracked operators.

Sources: CSO Ireland, Methodology, Coverage scorecard

21%
2023

Share of national metered electricity — Ireland

Up from 5% in 2015 — data centres now consume more of Ireland's metered electricity than all urban households (18%) or all rural households (10%) combined.

Source: CSO Ireland — Data Centres Metered Electricity Consumption 2023

What powers Ireland's data centers

Ember · 2025
Carbon intensity
257
gCO₂/kWh
Clean electricity
48%
renewables + nuclear
Fossil electricity
52%
coal, gas & oil
Data-center power
22.51¢
per kWh · Eurostat

A large data center in Ireland pays 22.51¢/kWh for electricity — a household pays 30.46¢, 26% more than the data center.

Tracked
46
Operating
9
In pipeline
0
Reported power
189 MW
countys
5
Operators
11
By county

Where the data centers are

Dublin
38 tracked · 189 MW
Meath
4 tracked
Cork
1 tracked
Galway
1 tracked
Carlow
1 tracked
Facilities

Tracked data centers

In the local press

Latest Ireland data-center coverage

Live headlines via Google News — in English and Ireland's local press.