Ireland Slams the Brakes on Data Centres as Grid Capacity Hits the Wall

An Coimisin Pleanaia has refused permission for a €1.5 billion data centre in Co Mayo, overturning a county council approval after finding the operator failed to demonstrate any fixed connection agreement to the electricity grid. The planned 29,000-square-metre facility near Killala — backed by US-based Avaio Digital — would have required 50MW of average electrical power to run. The planning authority ruled the project did not accord with the 2025 Climate Action Plan...