MSPs asked to pause Scotland's AI data centre boom
The term "hyperscale data centre", rarely heard a few years ago, is now dividing opinion across the country as a rush of applications are made to build them. Published26 JuneCould a huge data centre revitalise Ayrshire - or ruin it?Published1 March
- ▪The term "hyperscale data centre", rarely heard a few years ago, is now dividing opinion across the country as a rush of applications are made to build them.
- ▪Published26 JuneCould a huge data centre revitalise Ayrshire - or ruin it?Published1 March
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MSPs asked to pause Scotland's AI data centre boomImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Activists protested against data centres in their local area outside the Scottish Parliament earlier this monthByKevin KeaneScotland environment, energy and rural affairs correspondentPublished4 minutes agoScotland has a new boom industry, at least if planning applications are taken at face value. The term "hyperscale data centre", rarely heard a few years ago, is now dividing opinion across the country as a rush of applications are made to build them.
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