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Futureproof Clare, Ecojustice Ireland, and groups such as Friends of the Irish Environment have vowed to resist the planned €450m data centre in Ennis

THE development of a €450 million data centre on the outskirts of Ennis moved closer this week, as Clare County Council granted it planning permission.

A Clare environmental group is planning to file an appeal to An Bord Pleanala against Ennis Data Centre. This week, Clare County Council approved a planning permission request from Art Data Centres to develop a campus on the outskirts of the town worth €1.2 billlion. The design submitted to the Council pledges a low carbon […]

CLARE County Council has granted planning permission to the controversial €450-million Ennis data centre near the Tulla Road.

The Mayor of Ennis is branding claims relating to data centre emissions as ‘unfounded’. It comes as Clare County Council has granted planning permission for such a facility on the outskirts of the county town. The local authority has this week green-lighted the development of a data centre on the outskirts of Ennis.   The campus […]

Construction is planned to start later this year.

A Clare environmental campaigner claims an expanded use of data centres means the country will miss its emissions reductions targets on electricity in the Climate Action Plan. It’s after concerns were raised at a public meeting last evening about the progression of a €1.2 billion facility on the outskirts of Ennis. The county town’s Mayor, […]

The Mayor of Ennis believes Clare County Council will issue a final decision on a proposed data centre in the vicinity of the county town ‘soon’. It’s after a public meeting was held by environmental group Futureproof Clare in Lifford last evening. where ‘deep concerns’ were aired by the group over the potential environmental impact of […]

AN alliance of local activists and environmental groups is to hold a public meeting in Ennis this Wednesday evening to highlight opposition to the proposed data centre near the town.

A public meeting is to take place in Ennis this evening to highlight what are being described as ‘deep concerns’ about a proposed data centre near the town. Plans for the €1.2 billion project were lodged last year, with the campus having been identified as a key pillar in the Ennis 2040 plan. The new […]