Are data centres a drain? (with Prof Hannah Daly)

About this episode

Elaine discusses the energy impact of data centres in Ireland with Prof Hannah Daly.

In this episode, Elaine is joined by energy researcher Prof Hannah Daly to discuss the energy strain data centres represent for Ireland, the greenwashing that enables their proliferation in the face of climate concerns, and the real costs – both financially and environmentally – of unchecked growth.  *** Good things we recommend *** >> Hannah’s website >> Games by Sam (especially Clues by Sam and Bee Sort)   >> Connie’s GCN marathon fundraiser   >> Dublin Inquirer Summer School   *** More from us *** Kelly’s Substack: kellysrubbish.substack.com   FTS blog: for-techs-sake.ghost.io   FTS TikTok: fortechssakepod   FTS Instagram: fortechssakepod   FTS Bluesky: fortechssakepod.bsky.social   FTS UpScrolled: fortechssakepod   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Elaine Burke, Kelly Earley

Guest: Prof Hannah Daly

Topics covered

• data centres
• energy strain
• greenwashing
• climate concerns
• environmental costs
• Ireland

Keywords

• data centres
• energy research
• greenwashing
• climate change
• Ireland
• environmental impact
• financial costs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dublin Inquirer, Games by Sam, Connie’s GCN marathon fundraiser, FTS, Acast

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