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Google wins planning permission for Dublin data centre expansion

An Coimisiun Pleanala overturned South Dublin County Council's refusal, granting Google planning permission for a 72,400 square metre data centre extension at Grange Castle. Conditions require proof of power purchase agreements and renewable backup fuel before construction starts.

Reported AI-drafted The Irish Times, 28 September 2026

What it does not test. It does not establish that construction will proceed, since the ruling may still face judicial review and the conditions remain to be met.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Capacity expansion of existing US-owned/operated site; own/operate/law unchanged, still conditional. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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