‘Hidden datacentre tax’ costing Irish households millions, report says
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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
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。