Cause of oil spill currently unknown
The Bank of Ireland has apologized for an oil spill from its Dublin data center.
The incident, which occurred on July 11, involved the leakage of diesel oil from the bank’s data center in Cabinteely, South Dublin, which contaminated a lake in Kilbogget Park.
The cause of the oil spill has not yet been determined. DCD has reached out for comment.
A statement from the Bank reads: “Action was immediately taken to contain the incident, and no further pollution has been identified.
“We would like to sincerely apologize to the local community for the impact caused.”
The spokesperson also said that the Bank had engaged with Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency and the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in the wake of the incident.
A range of wildlife had been impacted by the spill. Kildare Wildlife Rescue rescue coordinator Pearse Stokes told Breakingnews.ie that these were “the worst fumes [he had] encountered on an oil spill.”
Domestic Irish opposition to data centers is often rooted in concerns about the potential environmental impact of the facilities.
Recently, the construction of data centers across the country has been stymied at the planning stage because of environmental concerns.
In July, a planning consulting firm working on behalf of AWS had to state that three data centers in Dublin would have “no significant impact on climate” ahead of a decision to be made by the Irish planning body An Coimisiun Pleanala.
In May, bestselling author Sally Rooney joined a group of local residents in appealing against an Avaio data center in County Mayo.
