Scottish Greens on Nostr: The 24 proposed hyper-scale data centres in Scotland would use over 1.5 times the ...
The 24 proposed hyper-scale data centres in Scotland would use over 1.5 times the country's total peak power use.
That would mean higher prices for the rest of us.
Tomorrow we're bringing a vote to the Scottish Parliament to urgently stop new applications.
http://www.greens.scot/datacentres 
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