{
  "id": 3224332,
  "title": "‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/never-seen-this-level-of-objection-scotland-pushes-back-against",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-25T05:00:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/25/never-seen-this-level-of-objection-scotland-pushes-back-against-datacentre-boom"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyond In a village 21 miles north of Edinburgh, a real estate consultancy plans to build a datacentre larger than the village itself – 35 metres high, with an area larger than 100 football pitches. Billed as the second-biggest datacentre in the world, the development in Auchertool, Fife, has…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}