Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK’s AI strategy | Scotland

Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK’s AI strategy | Scotland

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The Scottish government is about to consider a sweeping moratorium on building new datacentres, putting a key plank of the UK’s AI strategy at risk. Last Sunday the Scottish National party (SNP)’s national council passed a motion to freeze all new datacentres in Scotland. That motion has been sent to the Scottish government to consider….

Stymied datacentre projects threaten global AI revolution | AI (artificial intelligence)

Stymied datacentre projects threaten global AI revolution | AI (artificial intelligence)

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Datacentre planning proposals face all kinds of hurdles, from securing energy supply to high construction costs. But the 2,000 acre Prince William Digital Gateway site in the US state of Virginia had another problem: its proximity to a Civil War battlefield. “If the development is allowed to proceed, the solemn nature of this historic site…