For example, this is from another article in the The Irish Times: "Data centres accounted for almost a quarter of the electricity consumed in Ireland last year

For example, this is from another article in the The Irish Times: "Data centres accounted for almost a quarter of the electricity consumed in Ireland last year, up from 5 per cent in 2015, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) said on Tuesday, amid continuing public debate around the strain the sector is putting on Irish energy infrastructure." A total of 7,663 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity from Ireland's expanding grid capacity was used by data centres in 2025, up 10 per cent from 6,973GWh in 2024. Consumption by all other users, including households, rose by just 2 per cent over the same period, the statistics agency said. In total, data centres alone accounted for 23 per cent of metered electricity consumption last year, up from just over a fifth in 2024. The latest CSO figures also reveal that data centres increased their electricity consumption on a quarterly basis, from 291 GWh in the first quarter of 2015 to 1,991 GWh in the fourth quarter of last year." These are just facts. The aricle is not arguing for or against anything But HN commenters get triggered by such reporting That's a red flag, IMHO