Thousands expected to join march against AI data centres in Edinburgh
Campaigners have announced a mass march against AI data centres for Edinburgh on Saturday 14th November, with thousands of people expected to join.
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Press Releases
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Politicians dilute motion calling for moratorium on AI data centres
Politicians have failed to reject data centre plans, fuelled by the greed of big tech, rather than to protect the people of Scotland.
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Environmental impact requirement for data centres progress but “not enough”
Environmental Impact Assessments are necessary but not enough to support fair decision making on data centre plans.
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Scottish data centre numbers could triple to 70, to meet UK demand
Evidence from a UK Government agency suggests that there could be many more data centres built in Scotland than are in the current planning system.
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Holes in Government statement means data centre crisis will continue
A new direction from the Scottish Government has told all council planning authorities to inform it of any data centre planning applications that they receive. It also requires that two planned data centres in Fife and Edinburgh will have to publish environmental impact assessments.
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Data centres: the case for a moratorium – MSP briefing
There are over 20 hyperscale data centres currently being planned in Scotland.
The massive scale of these projects means that they would have devastating
implications for people who live nearby and require huge amounts of energy and
materials.
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Scottish Government report on waste burning dubbed “greenwashing”
The Scottish Government must stop making excuses and close the loopholes in its incinerator moratorium now.
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Close import loophole to cut Scotland’s carbon footprint
Figures released by the Scottish Government this week (9 June) show that Scotland’s carbon footprint has increased 1.6% from 2021 to 2022.
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Councils face escalating £28mill bill for plastic waste burning
The Scottish Government must bear the blame for encouraging councils to incinerate waste, rather than reduce and recycle it.
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