Open data and sources
Every dataset behind this site, how to cite it, and what isn't public.
Open data
Everything on this site as files you can use, with how to cite it.
| Dataset | Rows | What's in it | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data-centre campuses | 79 | one row per campus, joined across sources | CSV |
| Planning applications | 156 | every application mentioning a data centre | CSV |
| EPA generator licences | 29 | plant, role, permitted hours, annual reports | CSV |
| Appeals and inspector findings | 22 | 22 inspector reports read case by case | CSV |
| Policy timeline | 44 | 44 decisions with verified quotes | CSV |
| Build lifecycle | 156 | application → decision → start → completion | CSV |
| Corporate PPAs | 19 | announced deals with sources | CSV |
| Valuation / rates | 66 | properties coded data centre | CSV |
| Everything | the full dataset behind this page | JSON |
Cite as: StackPath, "Ireland data-centre power", data built 2026-10-10. Each dataset keeps its original licence (OpenStreetMap ODbL; Tailte Éireann, Ember and Oireachtas CC-BY-4.0; EPA, CSO, EirGrid public data).
Sources
What's pulled, what's summarised, and what isn't public.
| Data | From | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Planning applications (all 31 councils) | planningregister.ie / PlanSight | pulled |
| EPA industrial emissions licences | EPA LEAP, via PlanSight | pulled |
| Data-centre electricity use, quarterly | CSO MEC02 | pulled |
| RESS 5 renewable auction winners | EirGrid | pulled |
| Capacity auction T-4 2029/30 | SEMO / EirGrid | pulled |
| CRU data-centre connection rules | CRU decision, Dec 2025 | summarised |
| Grid demand totals and forecast | EirGrid AIRAA 2026–2035 and CRU2025236 | summarised |
| Data-centre buildings on the map | https://www.openstreetmap.org (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) via Overpass API | pulled |
| US hyperscaler capex | SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts API (data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts) | pulled |
| What big users pay for electricity | Eurostat nrg_pc_205 (electricity prices for non-household consumers, bi-annual) - https://… | pulled |
| Ireland's power vs Europe | Ember, Yearly electricity data - https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data/ | pulled |
| What data centres pay councils | https://tailte.ie/home/api/; https://opendata.tailte.ie/api/Property/GetProperties?Fields=… | pulled |
| What people ask | Google autocomplete (gl=ie, hl=en); Wikimedia pageviews REST API | pulled |
| Data centres in the Oireachtas | Houses of the Oireachtas Open Data API, https://api.oireachtas.ie/v1/questions and /v1/deb… | pulled |
| What the planning inspectors found | An Coimisiún Pleanála inspector reports (pleanala.ie), case list from planning register mi… | pulled |
| Generators behind the data centres | EPA LEAP Industrial Emissions licences (class 2.1 combustion >= 50 MWth): https://leap.epa… | pulled |
| Ireland's grid, every 15 minutes | EirGrid Smart Grid Dashboard, https://www.smartgriddashboard.com (JSON route https://www.s… | pulled |
| Where the next one could go | Zoning: DHLGH Generalised Zoning Types (https://services.arcgis.com/NzlPQPKn5QF9v2US/arcgi… | pulled |
| From permission to power-on | Council planning registers via PlanSight mirror (local, read-only); plansight-2026-10-10.j… | pulled |
| Every data centre in Ireland | Joined from this project's pipelines: OpenStreetMap (osm_datacentres), EPA LEAP licences +… | pulled |
| What it does to emissions | Government of Ireland, Sectoral Emissions Ceilings, September 2022; EPA, Ireland's Provisi… | pulled |
| How policy got here | Primary documents from gov.ie/enterprise.gov.ie (DETE), CRU, EirGrid, DECC, local authorit… | pulled |
| Who can supply the renewables | PlanSight planning database (council registers + An Coimisiun Pleanala); EirGrid RESS 1-5 … | pulled |
| Who holds the grid capacity | An Coimisiún Pleanála inspector reports (pleanala.ie); EPA LEAP licence documents (leap.ep… | pulled |
| Top sites, checked | Zoning: DHLGH Generalised Zoning Types (https://services.arcgis.com/NzlPQPKn5QF9v2US/arcgi… | pulled |
| How much lands in Ireland | Building Control Management System commencement notices (NBCO national CSV via local PlanS… | pulled |
| How much water they use | EPA LEAP Annual Environmental Reports (Table 5 'Water Used'); Oireachtas PQ answers on dat… | pulled |
| What's been reported | Hand-compiled review of journalism, academic, NGO, industry and official publications on I… | pulled |
| Gas: the next limit | CRU202657 (25 Jun 2026); GNI NDP 2024 and 2023; GNI Winter Outlook 2025/26; Dáil PQ 33, 6 … | pulled |
| How big is a data centre, really? | Curated constants: CRU, CSO, SEAI, Uisce Éireann, Google, Epoch AI, IEA, NVIDIA, Uptime In… | pulled |
| Offshore wind: Ireland's North Sea | EirGrid ORESS 1 Final Auction Results (14 Jun 2023); ORESS 1 T&Cs (Nov 2022, v1.3 27 Mar 2… | pulled |
| Your council and data centres | Joins extra.directory, extra.valuation, extra.water and applications from ireland.json; Oi… | pulled |
| How Ireland makes its electricity | Ember monthly electricity data (https://ember-energy.org/data/monthly-electricity-data/, C… | pulled |
| Data centres hiding in the planning register | PlanSight mirror of the Irish planning register (planningregister.ie), all councils; OpenS… | pulled |
| Hardware arriving in Ireland | Eurostat Comext DS-045409 (EU trade since 1988 by HS2-4-6 and CN8), monthly, reporter IE: … | pulled |
| What changed | Dated snapshots of EPA LEAP, An Coimisiún Pleanála case pages, CRU publications API and Ei… | pulled |
| What to watch | Official timetables (EirGrid RESS 6, SEMO capacity auction), ACP case pages (change feed, … | pulled |
| From orbit | Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A via Element84 Earth Search STAC (https://earth-search.aws.elemen… | pulled |
| Who's behind the companies | Curated from public registers: PlanSight planning mirror (planningregister.ie), council eP… | pulled |
| Europe's AI build-out and Ireland's place in it | EuroHPC JU selection releases (Dec 2024, Mar 2025, Oct 2025) and AI Gigafactories call (Ju… | pulled |
| Ireland's risk register | Computed from this project's pipelines (generation, legacy_capacity, gas, emissions, euros… | pulled |
| Ireland 2026–2032: scenarios | Model built on this index's checked data (CSO MEC02, Ember, EirGrid AIRAA 2026-35, CRU/202… | pulled |
| Facility specifications | An Coimisiún Pleanála inspector reports and orders (pleanala.ie); EPA LEAP licence documen… | pulled |
| The grid's limits on big loads | https://www.sem-o.com/sites/semo/files/2026-10/Wk42_2026_Weekly_Operational_Constraints_Up… | pulled |
| Critical-infrastructure law and data centres | irishstatutebook.ie (S.I. 559/2024, S.I. 347/2026, S.I. 387-395/2026) · Oireachtas (Critic… | pulled |
| Wholesale electricity prices | SEMOpx day-ahead market results (https://www.semopx.com/market-data/); Ember European whol… | pulled |
| Interconnectors | EirGrid, CRU, EIB, AIRAA 2026-2035, promoters and press (quotes checked against cached tex… | pulled |
| Import dependence | EirGrid Smart Grid Dashboard 15-minute ROI data (https://www.smartgriddashboard.com); CSO … | pulled |
| Where there is grid headroom | ESB Networks, Network capacity heatmap, Customer heatmap download (2026-07) https://www.es… | pulled |
| Who says what | Houses of the Oireachtas debates XML (data.oireachtas.ie); CRU consultation CRU/2025/04 re… | pulled |
| Budget 2027: what it means for data centres and power | Government of Ireland Budget 2027 documents (gov.ie / assets.gov.ie) | pulled |
| AI data centres and Ireland's fleet | Curated: NVIDIA datasheets and engineering blogs, Uptime Institute, IEA, Epoch AI, NERC, M… | pulled |
| Data centres and construction labour | CSO (BEA04, BEA05, QLF03, EHQ03, NDQ01); DHLGH commencements; NBCO BCMS commencement notic… | pulled |
| The firm-power gap, campus by campus | StackPath gap table (issue 01): planning, ACP, EPA and capacity-market documents, page-c | pulled |
| Earlier RESS rounds (1–4) | EirGrid | not yet |
| Named grid connection queue | Not published | not public |
| Corporate PPA prices | Not published | not public |