Edinburgh Greens on Nostr: City of Edinburgh Council are set to vote on a temporary ban on AI data centre ...
City of Edinburgh Council are set to vote on a temporary ban on AI data centre construction, after environmental campaigners raised fears over their impact.
Green councillors brought forward the motion after the city's planning board rejected an application to build a hyperscale AI data centre in South Gyle. (1/2)
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2026-03-18 19:52:24 UTCEvent JSON
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