Ireland: metered electricity consumption by data centres vs Carbon intensity of electricity generation in Ireland
In 2025, ireland: metered electricity consumption by data centres in Ireland was 7,663 GWh; carbon intensity of electricity generation was 255.9 gCO2e/kWh.
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Ireland, annual figures, spaced by time from 2020 to 2025 . Different units, drawn on separate scales and clipped to the years both series publish; earlier history stays on each indicator’s own page. Read the values, not the heights.
Ireland: metered electricity consumption by data centres
Unit: GWh · 6 observations
Carbon intensity of electricity generation
Unit: gCO2e/kWh · 6 observations
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| Period | Ireland: metered electricity consumption by data centres | Carbon intensity of electricity generation |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3,030 GWh CSO | 291.1 gCO2e/kWh Ember |
| 2021 | 4,012 GWh CSO | 351.9 gCO2e/kWh Ember |
| 2022 | 5,273 GWh CSO | 331.2 gCO2e/kWh Ember |
| 2023 | 6,339 GWh CSO | 282.5 gCO2e/kWh Ember |
| 2024 | 6,973 GWh CSO | 270.9 gCO2e/kWh Ember |
| 2025 | 7,663 GWh CSO | 255.9 gCO2e/kWh Ember |
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Ireland: metered electricity consumption by data centres
Electricity recorded at Irish mains-network meters identified by CSO as primarily data-centre activity; July 2026 release vintage.
6 observations charted in Ireland · source organisations: CSO
Carbon intensity of electricity generation
Emissions intensity of electricity generation, measured as greenhouse gas emissions in carbon dioxide equivalent (gCO2e) per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated.
6 observations charted in Ireland (of 26 annual records) · source organisations: Ember
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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