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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Patrick Greenfield

Planning permission for new Scottish AI datacentres suspended for up to a year

A laughing woman holds a 'Hot Girls Hate Datacentres' sign at a datacentre protest
Anti-datacentre protests at the Scottish parliament at Holyrood. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Holyrood has voted to pause planning applications for all new AI datacentres for up to a year until the Scottish government has developed a national strategy.

On Wednesday, MSPs backed a Scottish Labour motion to halt new schemes for up to 12 months while rules on hyperscale datacentres are developed in what could be a blow to the British government’s AI strategy.

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