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JumpCrisscrossyesterday at 9:08 PM2 repliesview on HN

What fraction of Irish GDP is linked to datacenters? If I remember correctly from the pre-AI world, datacenters were at the heart of Dublin's industrial strategy, and they were credibly linked to a double-digit fraction of production.


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stuaxoyesterday at 9:15 PM

Irelands big pull to these companies is to not tax them as much as other countries.

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henry2023yesterday at 9:26 PM

Even in the hypothetical that datacenters would double Ireland’s GDP what real positive impact would it have if they pay zero taxes?

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