Social Justice Matters Podcast - Rosi Leonard, Friends of the Earth on the Private Wires Bill

Rosi Leonard is the Data Centre Campaign Lead & Network Development Coordinator with Friends of the Earth Ireland. Her work is rooted in the aim to build power at local level and to deepen solidarity between different groups who are fighting climate change and its effects on lives and livelihoods. 

She explains the why and what of The Private Wires Bill, the impacts of data centres on electricity usage in Ireland,  and what that means for us in our day to day lives. 

Private Wires Bill 2025 – General Scheme and Regulatory Impact Analysis

Friends of the Earth - The cost of data centres - Modelling the household electricity costs of Ireland’s data centre sector

Friends of the Earth - What the proposed Private Wires Bill means for our energy system and climate obligations

Sinéad Mercier Article - What would private electricity wires mean for Ireland's energy system?

Central Statistics Office Ireland - Data Centres Metered Electricity Consumption 2025

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