Jamie Calder
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AI data centre campaigners set out demands as ministers prepare for Holyrood return (opens the original)
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IN July we broke the news that the SNP's National Council was preparing to back a moratorium on AI data centre development. As Holyrood has been on its summer recess we are yet to see the contents of an expected motion in the chamber, although reports indicate one is being drafted. The latest update came on August 17 when Public Finance Minister Hannah Mary Goodlad published a new direction for planning authorities which will apply to data centre developments exceeding a power capacity of 50MW.
I visited the sites earmarked for AI data centres – here's what I learnt (opens the original)
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WITH at least 23 sites proposed for AI data centres in Scotland, campaigners have sought to combine efforts to enact nation-wide regulation. While many concerns – like cumulative energy demand and carbon emissions – have national impacts, the local contexts are also key to the debate. In preparation for our data centre series I visited three of the communities where data centres are planned – Chapelhall, Ravenscraig and Larbert – to hear their stories. The town of Chapelhall, alongside its neigh
What is an AI data centre and what do they mean for Scotland? (opens the original)
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AT least 23 sites across Scotland have been identified as places for potential AI data centre development – but what are they, and who are they for? There are 15 data centres already operating in Scotland – there are small clusters in Glasgow, and Edinburgh, and individual sites in Dundee and Aberdeen – but these are the much smaller "edge", "colocation" or "enterprise" variants, used to power IT systems for nearby banks, universities and to facilitate day-to-day internet usage. The types of dat
Campaigners prepare for major nationwide day of action in independence push (opens the original)
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A MAJOR National Day of Action for Independence is taking place tomorrow (August 22), organised by the national independence campaign group Believe in Scotland. Volunteer canvassers will be active in 125 locations around Scotland and many local Yes Groups were organising street stalls and litter picks on top of their leafleting efforts. The National Day of Action will focus on Believe in Scotland’s campaign to demand Scotland’s right to choose and also to point out that the end of the UK is inev
John Curtis says Reform has acted as 'midwife' for pro-independence Holyrood majority (opens the original)
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NIGEL Farage is the “midwife” of Holyrood’s current pro-independence majority, polling expert John Curtice has told an Edinburgh Book Festival audience. The professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde spoke about the recent Scottish Parliament elections in conversation with political adviser Liz Lloyd on Friday evening. Scotland was “not immune” from the rise of Farage’s Reform UK party at the Holyrood elections in May, according to Curtis. He said Farage’s party split the unionist vo
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