Swinney urged to meet campaigners demanding pause on hyperscale data centres

Councils are due to decide on two proposed data centres in Auchertool, Fife, and Larbert, near Falkirk.

Campaigners calling for a moratorium on new hyperscale data centres are pressing for a meeting with the First Minister amid concerns over the “disastrous effects” of such developments on both communities and the environment. More