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flag Ireland halts new data centers near Dublin due to energy strain, threatening emission goals.

flag Ireland, a hub for data centers used by tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, faces energy consumption issues. flag Data centers now use 21% of the country's electricity, leading to fears of blackouts and prompting a halt on new centers near Dublin until 2028. flag This situation, exacerbated by reliance on fossil fuels, threatens Ireland's emission reduction goals and serves as a warning for other countries facing AI-driven data center growth.

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