Lit Hub frames the ruling as Rooney "defeating" a data center
2 Sep 19 10:03 AM · 4d ago · 1 post · 1 source · development 2 of 2
Lit Hub's Dan Sheehan cast the planning reversal as a win for Rooney's activism, tying it to her broader climate writing and Palestine advocacy, and urging other authors to speak out against data centres.
“Sally Rooney just defeated a data center.”
Dan SheehanSally Rooney Novelist, Mayo resident and objectorAn Coimisiún Pleanála Irish national planning appeals commissionAvaio Digital / Mayo Data Hub Ltd US developer behind the proposed data centreMayo County Council Original planning authority
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A West of Ireland data center objected to by novelist Sally Rooney has just had its planning permission overturned on the grounds that it breaches Irish national climate policy. The facility, which was granted planning permission last year despite pushback from local residents, was set to be built in Killala, Co Mayo by Mayo Data Hub Ltd, part of…
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"A West of Ireland data center objected to by novelist Sally Rooney had its planning permission overturned on the grounds that it breaches Irish national climate policy. Rooney lodged an objection in January, writing to Mayo County Council that permission for the centre would increase carbon emissions, cause risk of blackouts, and that “climate…
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