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Price, fill and contract terms, as scenarios.
Markets and operators: who is building where
The pipeline, the grid, the power, the latency and the rules of a market, and the operators building in it. Counts and dated figures, from the tracker and the official sources.
Dublin data centre market
At a glance: Dublin
- Pipeline projects
- 12
- 12 permitted or being built
- Checked 17 Oct 2026
- New grid connections
- Paused
- fully constrained, in force since 23 Nov 2021. Dublin, transmission
- Checked 23 Oct 2026
- Wholesale power price
- 114€/MWh
- Day-ahead, 2025 mean, Ireland
- Calendar year 2025
- Grid carbon intensity
- 256g CO₂/kWh
- Yearly average, Ireland
- Latest full year
- Next EU rule date
- 14 Dec 2026
- The EU Commission’s minimum performance standards consultation and call for evidence closes
- Applies EU-wide
- Latency to nearest major hub
- 5.2 ms
- Round trip, Dublin to London
- Mapped fibre route, minimum
On 17 October 2026 the pipeline tracker lists 12 data-centre projects around Dublin, and 12 of them are permitted or being built.
The Dublin data centre market in October 2026
The tracker follows 12 data centre projects of 1 MW or more around Dublin, 12 of them permitted or being built. 12 developers are behind them.
Projects by stage
What the capacity figures measure
Each capacity is on its own stated basis; never added.
Who is building in Dublin
And 2 other developers with one project each. A joint venture counts once per partner. All operators and developers.
Where the data centres are around Dublin
What changed
4 milestones in the last 90 days; the newest is from Sep 2026.
Power and grid for Dublin
Paused
New grid connections are paused (Dublin, transmission, since 23 Nov 2021). Checked 23 Oct 2026. Every country’s grid connections.
Over a year, country level
- Grid carbon, latest full-year average
- 256g CO₂/kWh
- 19th cleanest of 30 countries; 48% renewable or nuclear
- Business electricity price, latest full year
- 202€/MWh
- 21st cheapest of 26; wholesale is 73% of it
- Wholesale power, 2025 average
- 114€/MWh
- 27th cheapest of 30
Climate at Dublin
- Hours a year above 27 °C dry-bulb
- 0h
- mean of 2016 to 2025
- Hours a year above 32 °C dry-bulb
- 0h
- worst year 0 h
- Hours a year above 20 °C wet-bulb
- 1h
- limit for evaporative cooling
Hourly reanalysis at the city’s grid cell, 2016 to 2025.
Annual averages are national, for the latest full year.
Fibre latency from Dublin
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 5.2 ms | 529 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Amsterdam | 8.1 ms | 831 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Brussels | 8.7 ms | 883 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Paris | 9.1 ms | 929 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Frankfurt | 12 ms | 1,221 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Zurich | 14 ms | 1,426 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Copenhagen | 14 ms | 1,471 km | Mapped fibre route |
Floors for light in fibre, city centre to city centre; operator fibre adds to this.
Rules and dates
| Where | Rule | Status |
|---|---|---|
| EU | Reporting duty from 500 kW installed IT power, 7 items and 24 indicators, next report 15 May 2027 | In force |
| EU | Waste-heat use above 1 MW total rated energy input, unless a cost-benefit assessment shows it is not feasible | In force |
| EU | Common rating scheme adopted 21 Sep 2026; in Parliament and Council scrutiny, extended 6 Oct | Adopted, not in force |
| Ireland | New connecting data centres must match at least 80% of annual demand with additional renewable-electricity projects | In force |
Next dates
- 14 Dec 2026the EU Commission’s minimum performance standards consultation and call for evidence closes
- 15 May 2027EU database and French reports due (every year)
- 11 Oct 2027EU deadline under Article 11 of the Energy Efficiency Directive for a certified energy management system at enterprises above 85 TJ (23.6 GWh) of annual energy consumption
Formal refusals and bans since 2025
- 12 Dec 2025Ireland, nationwide New large grid users must bring on-site or nearby dispatchable generation or storage and match demand with new Irish renewables. In force
2 decisions on single sites since 2025, not listed here.
Decisions from 1 Jan 2025; statuses checked 21 Oct 2026. A market with none recorded is not a low risk market.
Projects of 1 MW or more, announced to under construction, not yet fully operating; a metro includes its region. Capacities are never added, and no project is listed. Grid: new-connection status from the grid connection tracker. Over a year: national averages, latest full year. Latency: light in fibre over the mapped land route, else the straight line. Sources, 7 official bodies, checked 23 October 2026: An Coimisiún Pleanála, Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5), CRU (Irish regulator), EirGrid, EUR-Lex (Official Journal of the EU), South Dublin County Council.