‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boo
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For anyone who wants more information, there's a map of proposed data centres and links to a couple of petitions you can sign here.
And a protest is happening in Edinburgh on the 3rd of September.
Scotland can stand up to the UK government's pro-AI stance and say no to data centres in our communities!
Jesus that was terrifying, dont do that.