Shortly before Christmas last year, ESB put out a €70 million tender for data centre services. The aim was “to deliver a resilient ICT (Information Communications Technology) infrastructure which will support ESB’s objectives of delivering a low-carbon electricity system,” the tender documents said.  ESB required two locations in Dublin with a capacity of around 450KW each, which would enable it “to continue to transition towards becoming a digital and data-driven organisation”. Part of ESB’s sustainability strategy is for the utility to leverage data and digital technologies to create smarter, more efficient infrastructure and products. The location of the data centres…

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