Keppel DC REIT Ireland: Innovation in Data Infrastructure

Data centre operators are facing increasing pressure to balance operational reliability with environmental responsibility.

This is being actualised across The Republic of Ireland, which has quickly become a hive of data centre activity. The country’s Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) now requires data centre operators to implement on-site power generation or energy storage systems. 

Likewise, EirGrid, Ireland's state-owned electric power transmission operator, has mandated that new data centres demonstrate their ability to support grid stability. 

Such requirements have emerged against the backdrop of Ireland's Climate Action Plan, which targets an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector by 2030.

Within this context, Keppel DC REIT Ireland has implemented renewable energy agreements covering 92% of its Irish operations' power demand, with a target to be 100% by the end of 2025, marking a shift in how colocation providers approach sustainability in Ireland. 

Gary Watson, Country Manager for Keppel DC REIT Ireland, has witnessed the sector's evolution from basic computer rooms to today's complex facilities.

“Data centres are critical to the digital world we operate in,” he says. “We don't create the data – we provide the solutions and  the infrastructure behind it.”

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