Energy woes for Microsoft data centre
The company was forced to build its own generator because the local electricity transmission network hasn’t been upgraded quickly enough to meet the surge in demand from the data centre
American computer giant Microsoft has been criticised for its plans for a data centre that could draw the same power as 150,000 three-bed homes annually from the national grid.
Microsoft is currently building the enormous data centre in Clondalkin, west Dublin, and has recently applied for temporary planning permission for an 18-megawatt gas-powered electricity generator to tide it over while EirGrid upgrades the electricity network in the area.
The company was forced to ...
