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Local environmental groups , as well as those raising concerns over the data centre ’ s impact on the local power grid , repeatedly appeal the process . The local government gives the nod to proceed in August of 2016 . However , the case heads to the High Court in October once again , and isn ’ t resolved ( Apple won again ) until October the following year .
It ’ s dead
After more than four years of protracted legal battles , concessions , marches in favour of the development , and twice as many protesting it , Apple throws its hands up , scraps the project , and puts the land on the market . Perhaps sensing local animosity towards a similar project , there are no takers . The land stays up for sale until June 2021 .
Or is it ?
Two months ago , just a week after Sinn Féin Galway East representative , Louis O ’ Hara , said in an interview that the Irish government should buy back the land , Apple filed a request to extend its planning permission for the Galway campus for another five years . Apple ’ s request does stress , however , that “ It is the intention that the project will be undertaken as soon as practicable .”
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