Microsoft has announced plans to build a gas power station as part of it’s €900m data centre development in Grange Castle, south Dublin.
The tech giant says the power station will ease the strain on the national grid which local councillors say is being driven by data centres.
The project will include building a 170-megawatt (MW) on-site power plant plus 21 diesel-powered generators to fuel the energy-demanding centre.
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