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Scotland imposes mandatory environmentalassessments on new datacentres

Government announces before vote on moratorium that any projects above 50MW must submit assessments in planning process Large-scale datacentres will face mandatory environmental assessments before they can go ahead, the Scottish government has announced, amid growing public conce

This is a source-based summary, not original reporting by Ebenezer journalists. Source: The Guardian · Original byline: Patrick Greenfield. Ebenezer published 16 Sept 2026, 11:55 am. Editorial policy.

Global — Patrick Greenfield