- The Irish Data Centre Supplier Alliance has welcomed a significant ruling by Justice Richard Humphries dismissing a judicial review case taken against Art Data Centre
- Works on the new €1.6 billion euro data centre are set to commence in Ennis, Co. Clare in March 2026
Friday, 13th March 2026
The Irish Data Centre Supplier Alliance (IDCSA) welcomes the High Court ruling this week dismissing a judicial review case taken against a data centre development in the west of Ireland.
This significant ruling by Justice Richard Humphries directly calls out the ‘scattergun’ approach to legal proceedings taken against data centre developments on environmental and climate grounds. In particular, the ruling notes that the planning system is ‘not a game’ to be played by legal professionals micro-analysing individual planning decisions.
Tom Parlon, chair of the IDCSA, said:
“As the representative body for Irish companies operating in the global data centre supply chain, the IDCSA hopes this clear and definitive High Court ruling will create a precedent that brings clarity to data centre developers, which have been targeted by a myriad of legal cases in recent years.
“Following the publication of the Large Energy User Action Plan (LEAP) earlier this year, government policy on data centre development has never been clearer nor more robust. Data centre development is now directly linked to increased renewable energy capacity under government policy.
“Crucially, this means data centre investment will now play a central role in helping Ireland meet its long-term climate targets by directly funding the renewable energy transition.”
