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Data centres are a ‘dirty term’ in Ireland, says energy firm boss

Sean O’Toole of Standard Control Systems says the state’s moratorium on data centres in Dublin is already seeing new developments being diverted away from Ireland

Sean O'Toole, managing director of Standard Control System: ‘Ireland has won a lot of data centre investments over the last decade, but in the next two or three years the picture won’t be as rosy.’ Picture: Bryan Meade

The state’s moratorium on data centres in the greater Dublin area is already resulting in new developments being diverted away from Ireland, the head of an Irish energy management firm has said.

Sean O’Toole, chief executive of Standard Control Systems, an Irish energy management systems company, said data centres had become a “dirty term” in Ireland and warned that the foreign investment (FDI) pipeline here would become more challenged in the coming years as a ...