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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ScottishGreens@mastodon.scot ("Scottish Greens") wrote:

There are 24 hyperscale data centre applications in Scotland.

If they're all built they'll consume over 1.5 times the peak energy demand of the entire country.

We urgently need a pause to develop a national approach that works for people and planet, not just tech billionaires.

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https://greens.scot/datacentres

The Guardian. New York becomes first state to impose one-year pause on new AI datacenters. Governor Kathy Hochul issues executive order enacting a moratorium on the large, resource-intensive AI facilities.