€450 million Ennis data centre granted planning permission

Clare County Council has granted planning permission for a €450 million data centre campus in Ennis. The Art Data Centre Campus was granted approval after spending four years moving through various stages of the planning process. It is the first data centre to be approved since the Government unveiled a new data centre policy in recent weeks, which outlined a preference for developments associated with economic activity and employment that make efficient use of the electricity grid. Read the full story here.