The decision by South Dublin County Council to place a ban on the development of new data centres was always going to be both controversial and contested. Indeed, even before councillors approved the motion in June, Amazon and the operator of TikTok’s Irish data centre were among 12 objectors to the proposal.   Amazon said the move was “undoubtedly well-intentioned” but “inimical to South Dublin’s interests”, while lawyers for Echelon, the developer of a data centre for TikTok, said the amendments to South Dublin’s development plan were unreasonable and “disproportionate in their effect”. The move has also been resisted by…

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