Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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No to a full moratorium
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/18/scottish-parliament-passes-ai-data-centre-pause - blog post

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Sources:

Hyperscale Data Centres https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/votes-and-motions/S7M-01177
Direction for new data centres https://www.gov.scot/news/direction-for-new-data-centres/
Multi-gigawatt data centre announced for Aberdeen https://aprs.scot/news/multi-gigawatt-data-centre-announced-for-aberdeen/
What the AI data centre pause means for the SNP and the Greens https://www.thenational.scot/news/26556964.ai-data-centre-pause-means-snp-greens/
Campaigners ‘won’t stop’ until moratorium announced on AI data centres independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/john-swinney-scottish-parliament-scottish-government-scotland-government-b3044217.html

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