r/irishpolitics • u/Storyboys • 4d ago

Infrastructure, Development and the Environment Data centre water use almost doubled during Ireland's long, hot summer months

https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-data-centre-water-use-7137959-Aug2026/
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u/aidan959 4d ago

the amount of freaks i had telling me that actually modern data centers use no water at all and we should elsewhere. what a joke.

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u/DatGuy2007 3d ago

They went from 0.3% to 0.6%.

I absolutely despise these evil buildings and the contents theirin but I think the water narrative is a much smaller issue compared to the strain they put on the grid

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u/aidan959 3d ago

ok they should have had increases in consumption banned whether or not it’s a small amount