‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
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guardianTech
August 24, 2026 · 22:00
Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyondIn a village 21 miles north of Edinburgh, a real estate consultancy plans to build a datacentre larger than the village itself – 35 metres high, with an area larger than 100 football pitches.Billed as the second-biggest datacentre in the world, the development in Auchertool, Fife, has attracted 1,600 objections. Continue reading...
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