South Dublin Routing 4 No. 2 Limited (Pure Data Centres Group)

Lobbying Organisation South Dublin Routing 4 No. 2 Limited

Date published 08 Dec, 2025

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Energy and Natural Resources

Period 1 Sep, 2025 to 31 Dec, 2025

Specific Details Delay in data centre development projects caused by lack of power and policy uncertainty.

Intended results A published timeline for new policy on data centre development.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ian Whitfield

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

Ian Whitfield, Vince Colby, Gerry Shannon and Mark Foley met with Minister Darragh O’Brien (Dept of Climate, Energy and the Environment) at 1600 on 22 October 2025. Meeting was at Leinster House and was arranged by Gerry Shannon.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Darragh O'Brien Minister (Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment)