Strategy Stream - Day 1
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Jacinta Conway
Partner, Environment and Planning
Arthur Cox LLP
Niamh McGovern
Partner, Energy and Infrastructure
Arthur Cox LLP
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As Europe races ahead with major digital infrastructure investment and policy shifts, Ireland risks being left behind. This straight-talking panel explores the grid constraints, planning delays, and carbon pressures slowing progress – asking what’s causing the delay, what the risks of inaction are, and how we get back in the game.
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Niall Durham
Captured Carbon
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Europe’s data centre sector is growing fast – but not without roadblocks. This panel explores what’s driving the boom, what’s getting in the way, and what it means for the future of digital infrastructure across the region.
Moderator
Joyce Wady
Head of Communications
Digital Infrastructure Ireland
Panellists
Michael Lantry
Director
Gempool
Christopher Dorrian
Associate Director
MiCiM
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Panellists
Moderator
Eva Barrett
Head of Policy
Solar Ireland
Panellists
Pat Cregan
MD
DE Power Solutions
Cormac Nevin
Head of Energy Systems
Echelon Data Centres
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Introducing the DCA Mini 10×10: a fast-paced, four-speaker thought leadership showcase debuting at Data Centres Ireland. Each expert gets ten minutes to deliver sharp insights, followed by audience Q&A.
Curated by the Data Centre Alliance, this focused session spotlights innovation, strategy, and real-world impact in just forty minutes, plus Q&A opportunities.
16:00-16:05 – Introduction to 10×10
16:05-16:15 – Filter Selection, Reduced Downtime, Waste, Energy & Labour
16:15-16:25 – Beyond the Gate: Securing Ireland’s Data Centre Future
16:25-16:35 – Ireland’s energy system – meeting the requirements of large energy users
This presentation will seek to cover the challenges facing the Ireland energy system from a supply and demand perspective, its competing objectives to meet the objectives of decarbonisation and the broader energy transition, investment in the grid and energy infrastructure and meeting the needs of the demands of large energy users.
James Delahunt
Energy Advisory Partner
KPMG
16:35-16:45 – Sustainable Energy Centre for Data Centre Applications
The presentation explores the evolving role of gas generation in supporting a resilient, net zero electricity grid by 2050. It highlights technological innovations, flexible operation, and integration with renewables, while addressing emissions reduction strategies and policy frameworks that enable gas to complement decarbonisation goals in electrical grids.
Kevin Fortune
Director
Fingleton White
16:45-16:55 – How Data Centres Can Provide Stability to the Grid
Speaker TBC
16:55-17:00 – Wrap up and close
