Same playing out in Ireland - Last week Westmeath Council approved planning permission for a huge data centre backed up by a gas plant, itself supposedly built to ensure 'uninterrupted supply of power to Irish households and businesses'
Smoke, mirrors and trojan horses
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Westmeath County Council has granted planning permission for a contentious €1 billion data centre campus and solar farm on a 600-acre site in Co Westmeath.
The real reason Mark Carney wants to build so many AI data centres?
@jenstden.bsky.social and I report on internal govt documents explaining one of the top 'public policy benefits to Canada' of data centres is they 'provide markets' for gas producers.
www.desmog.com/2026/06/11/m... @desmog.com
Boosting energy production is one of the top ‘public policy benefits to Canada’ of data centres, internal Privy Council document explains.
