{"id":507379,"date":"2026-06-19T05:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/507379\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T05:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:14:08","slug":"new-hydrogen-power-unit-trialled-at-dublin-data-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/507379\/","title":{"rendered":"New hydrogen power unit trialled at Dublin data centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data centre company Equinix has trialled a new hydrogen power unit at one of its data centres in Blanchardstown, Dublin.<\/p>\n

As part of a 12-week pilot, two hydrogen-powered generators, developed by clean energy company GeoPura, have been installed at Equinix’s site.<\/p>\n

Each generator is housed in shipping container-sized units and is currently being used to support cooling systems within the data centre.<\/p>\n

GeoPura is supplying Equinix with hydrogen from renewable sources for the project.<\/p>\n

The two units, running in parallel, are designed to provide a zero direct onsite emissions alternative to traditional diesel or gas generators.<\/p>\n

“This is a landmark research project that could be part of the solution to Ireland\u2019s grid constraints and the challenge of accessing clean energy,” said Managing Director of Equinix Ireland, Peter Lantry.<\/p>\n

“Ireland is already making serious moves on hydrogen and how it can be stored at scale here,” Mr Lantry said.<\/p>\n

The trial installation is being conducted in collaboration with ESB.<\/p>\n

“As data demand continues to grow, solutions like hydrogen power units offer a reliable, clean alternative to traditional backup generation,” said Head of Asset Development, ESB Generation Trading, Paul Lennon.<\/p>\n

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications Timmy Dooley, said hydrogen has the potential to play an important role in Ireland\u2019s transition to a more sustainable energy system.<\/p>\n

“Projects such as this provide valuable opportunities to test emerging technologies in real-world environments and deepen our understanding of how they can support future energy needs,” Mr Dooley said.<\/p>\n

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\nMinister of State Timmy Dooley, said hydrogen has the potential to play an important role in Ireland’s transition to a more sustainable energy system<\/p>\n

Data centres accounted for 22% of electricity usage in Ireland in 2024, up from just 5% in 2015.<\/p>\n

It is estimated that the consumption level will grow to almost a third of the national electricity demand by 2030.<\/p>\n

In January, the Government published a Large Energy Action Plan aimed at enabling the further development of energy-intensive facilities, including data centres.<\/p>\n

It followed the lifting of an effective moratorium on new data centre connections.<\/p>\n

In December, the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities announced that data centres could be built where they meet at least 80% of their annual energy demand through new renewable electricity sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Data centre company Equinix has trialled a new hydrogen power unit at one of its data centres in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-507379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}