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Scottish landscape with multiple large industrial data centre buildings under construction or completed, hillsides and terrain visible around the facilities sug
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Scottish MPs Want to Pause AI Data Centre Building. Here's Why It Matters.

The SNP and Scottish Greens are backing a freeze on new AI data centres across the UK, where around 450 already exist. The political fight is sharpening fast.

3 min read
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Why Everyone Suddenly Has Strong Opinions About Data Centres

Those giant warehouse buildings humming away on the edge of town power all the AI tools you use daily. Now they're sparking political fights from both sides. Here's what's going on.

3 min read
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Policy

Living next to a data centre: what UK residents are actually experiencing

Across Britain, roughly 450 large data centres hum away on industrial estates and at the edges of towns. The people living alongside them are starting to speak up.

3 min read
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