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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

South Dublin County Council Crest

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 14, 2026

QUESTION NO. 19

QUESTION: Councillor D. McManus

To ask the Chief Executive if a financial figure is available for the amount paid in commercial rates by data centres to SDCC in recent years?

REPLY:

Data centres provide a significant source of income and have become an increasingly important source of funding through commercial rates, especially for Local Authorities in the Dublin region. South Dublin County Council is heavily reliant on the commercial rates income generated by the data centres within its administrative area.

Included in the table below is relevant information from 2024 to 2026:

 

2024

2025

2026

Annual Budget

      338,321,100

      391,942,200

         422,581,000

Annual Rates

      145,432,500

      153,170,200

         157,614,100

Rates generated from Data Centres

        28,746,486

        31,320,945

           35,092,935

In 2024, €28.7m of commercial rates income was generated from data centres, this is the equivalent of 19.8% of the total rates income.

By 2026 this has grown to €35.1m in commercial rates income, the equivalent of 22.3% of total rates income.