'No-brainer': Scotland mandates environmental impact assessments for large data centre projects

Stuart Stone
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Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, Scotland - Credit: iStock
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Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, Scotland - Credit: iStock

Scottish government imposes more stringent environmental requirements on new data centres with a power capacity exceeding 50MW

Large-scale data centre projects in Scotland with a power capacity exceeding 50MW must submit new environmental impact assessments during the planning process before they can proceed. That is according...

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