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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
James Walker

Is John Swinney asleep at the wheel amid AI data centre boom in Scotland?

John Swinney

ARE we sleepwalking into an AI data centre disaster in Scotland?

That is certainly the point of view of campaigners such as Kat Brown from Action to Protect Rural Scotland, who fear that the 18-or-so projects looking for planning permission and a further six in the pipeline across Scotland could drastically impact on electricity prices.

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