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Hundreds gather outside Holyrood to demand a pause in Scotland’s datacentre boom

From The Guardian · () English

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  • Hundreds of protesters gathered in Edinburgh to demand an immediate moratorium on Scotland’s expanding datacentre construction.
  • At least 20 projects have been proposed, including a development in Auchtertool, Fife, described as the world’s second largest.
  • Protest organizer Kat Jones addressed demonstrators outside the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood.

Hundreds of people travelled to Edinburgh on Thursday to call for an immediate halt to Scotland’s datacentre boom. They gathered outside Holyrood, the seat of the Scottish Parliament, as opposition to the proposed developments grew.

At least 20 datacentre projects have been proposed across Scotland. One planned development in Auchtertool, Fife, has been billed as the second largest in the world.

Kat Jones, a 52-year-old campaigner, addressed protesters in the shadow of Arthur’s Seat. She called out place names including Lammermuir, Ayrshire and Aberdeen, urging people from across Scotland to identify themselves in the crowd.

The demonstration reflects mounting resistance to the scale of the proposed construction and the demand for a moratorium on new datacentres.

Who is here from Lammermuir? Ayrshire? What about Aberdeen?

· Kat JonesJones called out to protesters from different parts of Scotland during the demonstration outside Holyrood.
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