Cloud Ridge
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Operational

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Republic of Ireland

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Western Europe

Region
Europe

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EMEA

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Apple Athenry

Apple initially bought the land it wants to build the data center on in 2014 for $15 million. It also had its application to build a data center approved by the Galway County Council in 2017. However, there have been appeals challenging the approval in the commercial courts and in front of the Irish planning board. In the course of this, Apple decided to put the land for sale in 2019, but it was unable to find a buyer for it.

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Sites within 15 miles of Plaza Max
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Distance	Site	About
11.69 miles	Airwire DC Galway

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Proposed rendering for the Apple data center in Derrydonnell, Athenry

Source: Baxtel

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Apple's Move to Renewable Energy

In 2010, Apple reported that just 16% of its total facilities were powered by renewables. Within just six years, that number skyrocketed up to 96% in 2016. In 2018, Apple said that it has achieved 100% renewable energy. Source: cleantechnica.com.

As of early 2018, Apple had 25 operational renewable energy projects around the world, totaling 626 MW of generation capacity. Notably, 286 MW of solar PV generation came online in 2017. There are 15 more projects under construction that represent over 1.4 GW of renewable energy generation across 11 countries.

In Prineville, Ore., the Apple signed a 200 MW power purchase agreement for an Oregon wind farm, the Montague Wind Power Project, set to come online by the end of 2019.

Apple’s data center in Maiden, N.C., is supported by projects that generate 244 million kWh of renewable energy per year, which is equivalent to the energy used by 17,906 North Carolina homes.

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821MW

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Kildare Completes Government Data Center

August 15, 2025 Republic of Ireland

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Operations commence at TikTok's Irish data center

September 07, 2023 Republic of Ireland

Operations have begun at TikTok's long-planned data center in Ireland, it has announced. This is its first in Ireland. It is also working on opening two more data centers in Europe, a second in Ireland and another in Norway. This move is a bid to please regulators, and ease spying fears, as part...

Google signs first Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Ireland

September 05, 2023 Republic of Ireland

Google has announced that it has signed its first Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Ireland. The 14-year agreement is with Power Capital Renewable Energy for 58MW of new-to-the grid capacity from the Tullabeg Solar Farm in County Wexford.The solar project, currently under construction, spans 246...

Ireland's low tax advantage boosts data center construction

August 02, 2023 Republic of Ireland

Despite repeated calls from different parties in Ireland to halt data center building, a recent report has shown that Ireland's low tax advantage is stimulating further growth in data center construction. According to a recent market review, Ireland's corporation tax rate, being one of the lowest...

In light of Ireland's inaction on data center expansion, Ireland's Labour Party calls for hault

June 19, 2023 Republic of Ireland

Following concern being raised over the dangers posed by continued data center expansion, Ireland’s Labour Party has joined the call to halt data center building and, instead, introduce a temporary surcharge. Speaking about this, Labour leader and climate spokesperson Ivana Bacik, said that the...