Datacentre Dilemma: Can Scotland's Green Image Sustain the AI Boom? Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Scotland's Parliament building in Holyrood to urge the government to pause its datacentre boom.
The scale and speed of these projects have sparked a national conversation about the environmental impact of the global AI boom.
Kat Jones, leader of Action to Protect Rural Scotland, is spearheading a demand for an immediate moratorium on new datacentres until the Scottish government can produce analysis on their environmental consequences.