Plea for data centre moratorium sends ‘wrong message’ to investors, MSPs told

AI data centres: Calls for moratorium in Scotland 'sends wrong message', MSPs told

MSPs have hear claims that AI could add more than £23 billion a year to Scotland’s GDP by 2035.

Plea for data centre moratorium sends ‘wrong message’ to investors, MSPs told

Sandy Begbie, of Scottish Financial Enterprise, argued Scotland needs a ‘more proportionate response’ to such facilities.

Scottish Government says data centre moratorium may be unlawful

THE SCOTTISH Government has said a proposed moratorium on hyperscale data centres may be unlawful amid mounting opposition to developments across Scotland. Ministers made the admission in a formal response to a Holyrood petition calling for planning permission for the huge facilities to be halted until their environmental impacts have been fully assessed. Petition PE2233, […]