Echelon to build Ireland's first Green Energy Park at Wicklow data centre campus

Echelon Data Centres has broken ground on Ireland's first Green Energy Park at its DUB20 campus in Arklow, Co Wicklow, under the government's Large Energy Users Action Plan (LEAP). The site will pair the data centre with a shared 220kV substation linked to SSE's 800MW Arklow Bank Wind Park 2, onsite solar and battery storage, with completion due by 2028 as part of a €4.2bn investment in DUB20 and DUB30.

• Campus will share a 220kV substation with SSE's 800MW Arklow Bank Wind Park 2
• €4.2bn investment covers DUB20 and DUB30, with completion by 2028
• KPMG: up to €7.5bn economic output during construction and €801m a year once operational
• HVO fuel to cut onsite generation emissions by up to 90%