Private power is back on the table for Irish data centres

Author: Data Center Dynamics
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Digital Realty will build its own gas power plant to energise a €100m Dublin facility after repeated grid connection refusals. A major policy shift now permits private wire setups—giving stalled projects a second wind. As Ireland’s strained grid and data centre moratorium persist, on-site generation could reshape investment strategies across the digital infrastructure space.

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