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Ireland is speaking out against Apple's plan to destroy the environment of Ireland by littering the rolling green vistas with 100's of Industrial Wind Turbines.
It is very doubtful that Apple's data center will operate on Renewable Energy, it will be an extremely long process to get approved and at that, the Renewable Energy will have to have a 100% Fossil Fuel backup.
Anti-wind energy campaigners in Ireland oppose Apple s data centre plan New Hampshire Voice
It is very doubtful that Apple's data center will operate on Renewable Energy, it will be an extremely long process to get approved and at that, the Renewable Energy will have to have a 100% Fossil Fuel backup.
Anti-wind energy campaigners in Ireland oppose Apple s data centre plan New Hampshire Voice
Anti-wind energy campaigners in Ireland oppose Apple’s data centre plan
Apple’s recent announcement about its plans to spend an amount of €850 million for constructing a massive data centre in the west of Ireland is being opposed by anti-wind campaigners in the country.
Apple had said in its announcement that it plans to build a data centre in Athenry, Co Galway. The company had also added that the data centre will be powered “entirely” by renewable energy, and will be one of the world’s biggest and most advanced data centers.
Apple had also said that, during its construction phase, the data centre at the Co Galway town will create hundreds of local jobs.
However, attacking Apple’s plans to construct a huge data centre at Athenry, anti-wind group Wind Aware Ireland’s Henry Fingleton has said that the data centre-related announcement made by Apple was ‘premature.’
Noting that “the process for getting permission and setting up renewable energy is very complex,” Fingleton said that Apple can go ahead with its Athenry data centre plans only after a “strategic and environmental assessment” which is a “long and detailed process.”
Further asserting that “wind energy in Ireland can only operate when permanently backed up with fossil fuel plants,” Fingleton said: “Unless Apple intends building an enormous hydro or biomass plant it is very unlikely that their data centre will run 'entirely' on clean renewable energy sources.”