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Google wins appeal to expand Dublin data centre
An Coimisiún Pleanála approved Google's appeal for a 72,400 square metre extension to its Grange Castle data centre campus in south Dublin, overturning South Dublin County Council's 2024 refusal. The council had cited insufficient electricity network capacity; the commission ruled it lacked the authority to assess grid capacity itself. Approval is conditional on renewable energy commitments and sustainable transport measures for staff.
Our readRuling that a council cannot weigh grid capacity hands that judgement to EirGrid and the regulator, which is where Ireland's data centre argument was always heading.
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