Apple's $17.1B Irish Tax Bill and the Data Centre Water Squeeze

Apple paid Ireland a staggering $17.1 billion in taxes last year, representing 40% of the iPhone maker's global total of $43.2 billion. While that figure is eye-watering on its own, the bulk of it stems from the €13 billion in back taxes the European Court of Justice ordered Apple to pay Ireland in 2024, resolving an eight-year legal saga that began with Margrethe Vestager's 2016 accusation that Ireland had granted Apple illegal tax benefits.

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