<ul><li>Ireland is facing a threat to its climate targets due to the rapid growth of AI-fuelled cloud storage.</li><li>Datacentres in Ireland, driven by big technology companies like Amazon and Meta, are monopolising clean energy generation, jeopardizing decarbonisation commitments.</li><li>Between 2017 and 2023, datacentres consumed the same amount of energy as wind power generation over the same period.</li><li>By 2030, energy demand from datacentres is expected to exceed that of Ireland's entire industrial sector, posing a challenge to energy resources and emissions reduction goals.</li></ul>

AI-fuelled cloud storage boom threatens Irish climate targets, report warns

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