CSO figures were released today
The amount of electricity used by Data Centres here increased by 20 per cent between 2022 and last year.
It accounted for 21 per cent of total metered electricity consumption in 2023.
CSO figures show there was an 8% increase in the number of residential meters between 2015 and 2023.
The highest increases were in counties adjacent to Dublin City, with residential meters in Kildare and Meath both up by 17%.
Kildare had the highest figure of median residential electricity consumption with 3,697 kWh.

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