Planning permission for new Scottish AI datacentres suspended for up to a year

<p>MSPs vote for strict environmental impact assessments and will delay decisions until national strategy is developed</p><p>Holyrood has voted to pause planning applications for all new AI datacentres for up to a year until the Scottish government has developed a national strategy.</p><p>On Wednesday, MSPs backed a Scottish Labour motion to halt new schemes for up to 12 months while rules on hyperscale datacentres are developed in what could be a blow to the British government’s AI strategy.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/16/datacentres-scotland-environmental-assessments-ai-boom">Continue reading...</a>