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Ireland

Data centre capacity, electricity and supply-chain position · ISO IE

7.7 TWhdata-centre electricity · 24.8% of national generation · grade A, Reported

Ireland's data centres draw 7.7 TWh of electricity a year, which places it 5th of the 33 countries this atlas carries a figure for.

That is 24.8% of everything the country generates — well above the 1.2% median across those countries.

Set against 1.2 GW of installed capacity, that implies a 70% load factor.

One metro is tracked here: Dublin, at 1,660 MW and operating.

Its strongest showing anywhere in the atlas is Systems & Facility on the physical basis, at #5 of 54.

It does not register at all on Memory & Storage or Networking.

One supplier is domiciled here, EirGrid, booking roughly $1bn.

About $4bn of AI infrastructure investment has been announced for Ireland, though announced is not built — that figure is graded C.

National context

Electricity generation31 TWh A
Data-centre electricity7.7 TWh A
— as a share of generation24.8% B
Installed data-centre capacity1.2 GW B
Tracked metro capacity1,660 MW B
Announced investment$4bn C
Population5.5m A
GDP$718bn A

Grid friction

Connection constrained
EirGrid/CRU restrict new Dublin-region connections; data centres reached 23% of metered electricity in 2025.

Where Ireland ranks

The same tables read three ways. A country can lead one basis and be invisible on another, and that gap is the whole point of the atlas.

Tier Physicalassets here Ownershiprevenue booked Controlcould stop you
Silicon#9of 14——
Memory & Storage———
Networking———
Systems & Facility#5of 54——
Power & Grid#5of 77#17of 17—

Data centre metros (1)

Dublin — Operating1.66 GW installed on the Synergy hyperscale measure, which counts self-build; the colocation-only view is far smaller and added just 11.4 MW in H1 2026. Data centres reached 23% of national metered electricity in 2025 and new Dublin-region connections are restricted.1,660 MW A

Suppliers domiciled here (1)

EirGrid — Transmission system operatorPower & GridSets the Dublin-region connection policy.$1bn

Revenue is the group or segment figure closest to each tier's perimeter. Segment boundaries differ between issuers, so treat the split as indicative.

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