The main reason, apart from political stability, Apple is locating a data centre in Ireland is because it will save them a colossal amount of money on cooling - because they don't need to do any, just open the windows. The annually average temperature where they are putting that data centre would only be about 9° C.
I doubt very much they will use solar for power as Ireland is around the same latitude as Hudson Bay in Canada, with cloud cover being the norm. It is, however, a very windy part of the world and there is an existing wind farm relatively nearby, just SW of Loughrea.
The number of full-time jobs the centre will create is not really very many at around 100.
Doesn't Apple use Bloom Energy fuel cells, just like Google for their power generation where solar is not practical? Fuel cells aren't noisy.
Doesn't Apple use Bloom Energy fuel cells, just like Google for their power generation where solar is not practical? Fuel cells aren't noisy.
I wouldn't know. As I said, wind power is an obvious possibility given the location. Fuel cells would be a good backup fro when the wind isn't blowing.
I wouldn't know. As I said, wind power is an obvious possibility given the location. Fuel cells would be a good backup fro when the wind isn't blowing.
For wind the turbine design is critical: some of them are damn noisey.
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Doesn't Apple use Bloom Energy fuel cells, just like Google for their power generation where solar is not practical? Fuel cells aren't noisy.
Freeways are too socialist /s
Monument to that commie Eisenhower eh
OTOH it's always good to get into details BEFORE the thing is built. Adjustments are far easier in the early days.
Doesn't Apple use Bloom Energy fuel cells, just like Google for their power generation where solar is not practical? Fuel cells aren't noisy.
I wouldn't know. As I said, wind power is an obvious possibility given the location. Fuel cells would be a good backup fro when the wind isn't blowing.
I wouldn't know. As I said, wind power is an obvious possibility given the location. Fuel cells would be a good backup fro when the wind isn't blowing.
For wind the turbine design is critical: some of them are damn noisey.