The ⁨World⁩ Variables

• Technology

Data centres use 1.5% of the world's power, and 22% of Ireland's

The IEA counts 415 TWh of data-centre demand in 2024, doubling to 945 TWh by 2030. The global average is modest; the local concentrations are not. What the gap between those two numbers does to grids, prices, and the places that said yes early.

Aug 15, 2026 · 8 min read

• x=Ireland & World
• y=Energy & AI

• Technology

Using AI got 1,000 times cheaper. Building it costs more each year

A GPT-3-class answer cost $60 per million tokens in 2021 and six cents by late 2024. Meanwhile the price of training a frontier model grows 2.4x a year, toward billion-dollar runs. One industry, two curves, running in opposite directions, and every business model in AI lives in the gap.

Aug 15, 2026 · 8 min read

• x=World
• y=AI & Investment