Tech giant Amazon has scrapped plans to build a big industrial plant in Dublin because it could not secure an electricity supply for the €300 million project, The Irish Times has learned. Photograph: AJ Mast/New York TimesBut failure to provide Amazon with electricity surprised people familiar with the plan because prospective power demand from the proposed plant, which was not a data centre, was considered relatively modest. The AWS plan had Government support, while Fingal County Council planning permission for the 23,600sq m site – with 562 car-parking spaces – was in place since 2022. If conditions allow, we do hope to be able to make other high-tech investments elsewhere in Ireland,” said Amazon. The proposed AWS plant was seen in Government circles as a serious investment project, not least because Amazon has invested some €22 billion in Ireland since 2004.

Source: The Irish Times July 25, 2025 18:31 UTC