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Friends of the Irish Environment v. An Coimisiún Pleanála (Herbata Data Centre)

Geography
Year
2025
Document Type
Litigation

About this cases

Filing year
2025
Status
Pending
Court/admin entity
IrelandAn Coimisiún Pleanála
Case category
Suits against governmentsEnvironmental assessment and permittingOther projects
Principal law
IrelandClimate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015
At issue
Whether approval of a data centre would violate Ireland's legal climate obligations .

Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
09/16/2025
Joint appeal against approval of the Herbata Data Centre construction.
Complaint

Summary

Friends of the Irish Environment have lodged an appeal against a decision by Ireland's planning authority (a quasi-judicial body) to grant approval for a multi-billion-euro data centre complex in Ireland. The plaintiff argues that the project could jeopardise Ireland’s climate targets and undermine international and EU law. The complaint primarily relies on Ireland's domestic climate legislation, EU law concerning environmental impact assessments, and the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change.