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25,000-signature petition calls for Scottish data centre moratorium

 Scottish ministers are being challenged to deliver on their commitment to
pause applications for new hyperscale data centres ahead of the latest
planning guidance being produced. Dr Kat Jones, director of the campaigning
charity Action to Protect Rural Scotland (APRS), insisted it was time for
the stance – agreed by Holyrood in a vote last month – to be
implemented. She spoke ahead of a petition calling for a moratorium on such
centres being given the go ahead until the Government has carried out a
“thorough assessment” of the impact such sites have on communities,
greenhouse gas emissions, land and water resources, and the electricity
grid.

More than 25,000 people have signed the petition, making it the
largest so far to come before MSPs in this Holyrood session. It has been
submitted by Dr Jones, and will be discussed by MSPs on the Parliament’s
Public Petitions Committee on Thursday.

 Herald 8th Oct 2026, https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26617192.25-000-signature-petition-calls-scottish-data-centre-moratorium/

October 13, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics