Clare Activists Opposing Ennis Data Centre For Potential Israeli Ties

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A group of Clare activists is hoping to make an international impact at a local level by opposing a controversial data centre development in Ennis. The Clare branch of BDS, which stands for boycott-divest-sanction, is rallying against the proposed construction of the Ennis Data Centre on the Tulla Road by Art Data Centres Limited. The group is against the development on the grounds that the end user has been tipped to be Amazon, which along with Google has entered into Project Nimbus - a joint contract to provide cloud computing infrastructure, artificial intelligence and other technology services to the Israeli government. BDS Clare member Emma Karren says "if everyone thinks they're tiny and not worth it, nothing changes".