It was revealed that Irish data centres used 21 % of Ireland ’ s metered electricity in 2023 & migrating IT workloads to AWS reduces carbon emissions by 99 %
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VERTIV PARTNERS WITH GDH DATA CENTRE IN DUBAI SILICON OASIS
Digital infrastructure leader Vertiv and colocation service provider Gulf Data Hub have shared details about their data centre collaboration . The new facility will advance biotechnological research and renewable energy generation in the Dubai Silicon Oasis . This collaboration celebrates their shared goal of establishing new data centres across the Middle East .
POWER-HUNGRY DATA CENTRES PUT PRESSURE ON IRELAND ’ S GRID
Findings by the The Central Statistics Office for Ireland ( CSO Ireland ) reveal that in 2023 , data centres across the country accounted for 21 % of the total usage of metered electricity . This level of consumption demonstrated that electricity consumption by data centres increased by one-fifth ( 20 %) between 2022 and 2023 . mobile-magazine . com 13