SNP Government urged to give update on green data centres strategy five years after promises

Campaigners demand John Swinney meeting on hyperscale data centres over fears

Campaigners calling for a moratorium on new hyperscale data centres are pressing for a meeting with the First Minister amid concerns over the…

SNP Government urged to give update on green data centres strategy five years after promises

Labour MP Gregor Poynton has written to SNP business minister Tom Arthur asking the Scottish Government to “show how they intend to turn Scotland's enormous potential into reality."

Five years on, where is Scotland’s green data centre strategy?

It has been five years since the Scottish Government shared its vision for the country to become a beacon of green data centre developments, but since then, it has been relatively quiet on what that actually means.  Now, the Scottish Government is facing calls to explain what progress has been made on its green data centre ambitions.  Gregor Poynton, Labour MP for Livingston, has written to Minister for Business and Fair Work Tom Arthur asking f…