James.

[Leeds United @LUFC]

to the ends of the earth and then some. 🤝

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[Louise McKenna @_louise__]

Ireland is being transformed before our eyes, and most people have no idea of the scale of what is happening.

There are now over 130 data centres operating across the island, and they consume approximately 22% of Ireland's electricity. That means more than one fifth of all the electricity generated in the country is being used to power servers, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, social media, financial systems, and the digital infrastructure of multinational corporations.

Think about what that means.

At the same time that ordinary families are being told to reduce their energy consumption, pay higher electricity bills, install smart meters, accept carbon taxes, drive less, and change their lifestyles, the demand from data centres continues to grow.

We are told there is an energy crisis.

We are told there is a climate crisis.

We are told there is not enough electricity.

Yet there always seems to be enough electricity available when another data centre is proposed.

Ireland was once an agricultural nation known for food production, farming, fisheries, and local industry. Increasingly, however, vast sections of the country are being reshaped to support a digital economy that serves global corporations.

The public is expected to accept wind farms across rural landscapes, industrial scale solar developments on agricultural land, new transmission infrastructure, and ever increasing electricity costs. The justification is often presented as environmental necessity.

But if data centres are consuming such enormous quantities of power, why are they not required to generate the electricity they need themselves?

Why should the burden be placed on rural communities?

Why should productive farmland be converted into energy infrastructure?

Why should local communities lose planning battles against projects they do not want?

If a factory requires energy to operate, it factors that cost into its business model. Why should data centres be any different?

This is not an argument against technology.

It is an argument for honesty.

Ireland deserves a serious national debate about who benefits from these developments, who pays for them, and what kind of country we are becoming.

Because once farmland is covered with solar panels, once landscapes are industrialised, once communities lose control over planning decisions, and once the electricity grid becomes dependent on servicing multinational digital infrastructure, there may be no going back.

The question is simple.

Are Irish people expected to adapt their lives to serve the data centres?

Or should the data centres be expected to adapt to the needs of Ireland?

[Andy Cantwell @AndyCantwell]

New guy on The Overlap is the worst craic ever (part 6)

[Dan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @DanLUFC_]

Time to laugh at everyone else methinks, a much anticipated thread 👇 #LUFC

[James. @Jacques_Bach]

@revovibes @rawsalerts Next it will be cats.

[John Greenewald, Jr. @theblackvault]

Here is a thread of each of the UFO videos released today by the Department of War.

[James. @Jacques_Bach]

@WestHam_Central

[James. @Jacques_Bach]

@WestHam_Central Very confident for Brentford

[Phil Hay @PhilHay_]

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[No Context World Cup @NoContextEPL]

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[Football Away Days @AwayDaysFB]

Chelsea telling their keeper to go down so the can have a tactical break during an FA Cup semi final when they are under pressure. The FA needs to do something about this blatant cheating 👍🏼

[James. @Jacques_Bach]

@N22995042 @ahmadd_hussein_ @LUFC And you get hammered by citeh 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[James. @Jacques_Bach]

@ahmadd_hussein_ @LUFC 4 points

[James. @Jacques_Bach]

@Cornishleeds1 Nonsense.

[Leeds, That! 🏆 @leedsthat]

Hope everyone is saying a prayer for Krejci tonight.

Subbed off for this horrendous assault.

You don’t want to see that in a football match.

[Leeds United @LUFC]

👊 The REAL United!

[Leeds United @LUFC]

😍 OUR THEATRE!

[Sky Sports Premier League @SkySportsPL]

FULL-TIME: Leeds beat Manchester United in the Premier League at Old Trafford for the first time in 45 years ✨

[Sky Sports Premier League @SkySportsPL]

"Leeds United at the Stretford End again!"

Noah Okafor puts Leeds ahead within five minutes! 🤯

[Leeds United @LUFC]

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