Irish Green Data Summit 2025
Meeting Ireland’s data centre energy demand sustainably
14th October 2025 ∙ Gibson Hotel, Dublin
Data centres now account for 21 per cent of all electricity consumption in Ireland, rising from 5 per cent in 2015 amid exponential growth in cloud computing. Given the mainstreaming of AI and advent of quantum computing, energy consumption in data centres is set to increase significantly again, with the European Commission forecasting a sixfold increase over the next decade.
Although much of the debate has focused on the challenge of keeping pace with the increasing energy demand, data centre hosting presents an opportunity to underpin the long-term development of a significantly larger renewable energy sector in Ireland.
With the twin transitions of digitalisation and decarbonisation accelerating, this event will determine how data centres and the transition to a net zero energy system can co-exist.
The summit will take a wider focus through the lens of the circular economy and investigate how Ireland can continue to benefit from the growth in data centres sustainably.
Speakers include:
Full programme comming soon
Key themes of the Summit include:
- Current energy use in data centres in Ireland;
- Outlook for energy demand from data centres to 2030 and beyond;
- Regulatory framework for very large energy users;
- Legislative context for very large energy users;
- Role of indigenous renewable energy sources;
- Future electricity grid development;
- Case study: the net zero carbon data centre;
- Future role of renewable gases;
- Battery storage and data centre back up;
- Waste heat utilisation in district heating schemes;
- Visiting speakers on European policy, data centre evolution, and emerging energy technologies.
Registration
Delegate rate
€345
+ VAT @23%
Paul Deane
Padraig Fleming
