Dublin marchers demand a pause on new data centres

RTÉ News hears concerns about electricity demand and local developments, while the enterprise minister describes expansion as an economic opportunity.

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Why this story? One of RTÉ News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 15,421 views.

Dublin protest hears calls for moratorium on new data centres | RTÉ News

Proposals in Naas and Ennis give a national protest against data centres a local focus in RTÉ News's report from Dublin. Around 2,000 people joined the city-centre demonstration, according to the broadcaster, calling for a moratorium on new facilities over environmental and energy concerns.

Trish Ní Fhoghlú, a Naas resident opposing two planned hyperscale developments, puts her objection plainly: "They're too big, they're too close to the town."

Campaigner Colin Doyle describes the electricity demand of a proposed campus in Ennis. "Now, that's more power than County Clare in total uses at present," he says.

The report identifies a central disagreement over the conditions placed on expansion. New facilities must source 80% of their electricity from renewable energy, RTÉ reports, but campaigners argue that requirement does not go far enough to address their concerns about emissions and resources.

Rosi Leonard of Friends of the Earth says a pause would allow time to develop sustainable policies and consider how to prevent data centres from driving up household bills. The government's position is different: Enterprise Minister Peter Burke has described expansion as a "strategic opportunity for the Irish economy".

Reporter Colman O'Sullivan describes the march as Ireland's first national protest against data centres. His report also includes footage of demonstrations in Finland, Spain and the Netherlands, placing the Dublin demands alongside opposition elsewhere in Europe.

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RTÉ News's protest report drew about 15,000 views since yesterday.

subscribers

256,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

183,323,705

views per day

300,643

typical day: 254,741

the video

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15,421

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124

comments

46

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

The Sydney Morning Herald…

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RNZ

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Washington Week PBS

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Royal Exclusive

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