爱奇艺开始使用现有电力,在国家用电量增加和监管审查的背景下,投资6800万欧元的都柏林数据中心项目. Equinix begins €68M Dublin data center project using existing power, amid rising national electricity use and regulatory scrutiny.

埃奎尼克斯已经开始在都柏林布兰查德镇建设一个价值6800万欧元的数据中心DB7x,使用附近站点现有的电力以避免新网联. Equinix has started construction on DB7x, a €68 million data centre in Dublin’s Blanchardstown, using existing power from nearby sites to avoid new grid connections. 这项设施是支持爱尔兰数字化和人工智能战略的更广泛扩张的一部分,将提高共享能力和全球连接性. The facility, part of a broader expansion supporting Ireland’s Digital and AI Strategy, will boost colocation capacity and global connectivity. 据预计,到2030年数据中心将占爱尔兰电力使用量的22%,而2015年的5%是如此. Data centres now account for 22% of Ireland’s electricity use, up from 5% in 2015, and are projected to use nearly one-third of national demand by 2030. 由于环境团体提出挑战, 政府的大型能源行动计划和新CRU规则要求新的数据中心80%的可再生能源正在接受法律审查. The government’s Large Energy Action Plan and new CRU rules requiring 80% renewable energy for new data centres are under legal review following a challenge by environmental groups.