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Datacentres Use 22 Percent of Ireland's Electricity, Pushing Up Household Bills

數據中心消耗愛爾蘭 22% 的電力，推高了家庭電費帳單

A new report says that datacentres in Ireland have been adding hundreds of euros to household electricity bills.

一份新報告指出，愛爾蘭的數據中心一直在增加家庭電費數百歐元的支出。

Ireland's growing number of datacentres used 22 percent of the country's electricity last year.

愛爾蘭不斷增長的數據中心數量在去年消耗了該國 22% 的電力。

This is more than all homes in Irish cities combined.

這比愛爾蘭所有城市住宅的總和還要多。

In comparison, datacentres in the United States and the United Kingdom use only about 6 percent.

相比之下，美國和英國的數據中心僅消耗約 6% 的電力。

The report was commissioned by Friends of the Earth Ireland and Beyond Fossil Fuels.

這份報告是由愛爾蘭地球之友和超越化石燃料所委託進行的。

It found that datacentres have drained 715 million euros from the Irish economy between 2015 and 2023.

研究發現，在 2015 年至 2023 年期間，數據中心已從愛爾蘭經濟中耗費了 7.15 億歐元。

During this period, household bills increased by an average of 360 euros because of growing energy consumption by the infrastructure.

在此期間，由於基礎設施的能源消耗增加，家庭電費平均增加了 360 歐元。

The report argued that Irish households have been subsidising big technology companies through a hidden tax on their bills.

該報告指出，愛爾蘭家庭一直透過帳單上的隱藏稅收來補貼大型科技公司。

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Jill McArdle, from Beyond Fossil Fuels, said that the Irish case should be a warning for all of Europe.

來自超越化石燃料的吉爾·麥卡德爾表示，愛爾蘭的案例應該成為整個歐洲的警示。

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She explained that letting big technology companies expand datacentres without controls will have serious effects on household bills across the continent.

她解釋說，任由大型科技公司在缺乏控制的情況下擴張數據中心，將對整個歐洲大陸的家庭帳單產生嚴重影響。

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She also warned that this situation, combined with fossil gas use, is driving up energy prices for people who are already struggling.

她還警告說，這種情況加上化石氣體的使用，正在推高那些已經在苦苦掙扎的人們的能源價格。

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However, representatives from the datacentre industry have disputed these findings.

然而，數據中心產業的代表對這些調查結果提出了質疑。

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They said that the sector has boosted the Irish economy in many ways.

他們表示，該部門已在許多方面推動了愛爾蘭經濟。

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The Irish government has also broadly welcomed the expansion of datacentre infrastructure.

愛爾蘭政府也廣泛地歡迎資料中心基礎設施的擴張。

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Officials have called datacentres a core part of Ireland's technology-rich economy.

官員們稱數據中心是愛爾蘭技術密集型經濟的核心部分。

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The government denies that datacentres create a hidden tax on consumers.

政府否認數據中心對消費者造成了隱形稅收。

‘Hidden datacentre tax’ costing Irish households millions, report says愛爾蘭數據中心的昂貴代價

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