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‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom

The Guardian UK · 25 August 2026 at 06:00

‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom

Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyond In a village 21 miles north of Edinburgh, a real estate consultancy plans to build a datacentre larger than the village itself – 35 metres high, with an area larger than 100 football pitches.

Billed as the second-biggest datacentre in the world, the development in Auchertool, Fife, has attracted 1,600 objections.

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‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom

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