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Data centre ‘misinformation’ has overblown concerns, MSPs told (news.stv.tv)
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9GW worth in planning. Just phenomenally stupid. I vote we put them next to Balmoral and on Trump's golf courses and see what is said then

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[–] -2 points 3 days ago (5 children)

As the article points out, most of that is companies trying it on with no real intention of following through. the current total data centre capacity in the UK is ~2GW with another 0.8GW under construction. There's no realistic prospect of 9GW of them being built in Scotland.

Also the argument that "too much of them would be bad" applies to almost everything, and isn't a reason to allow none of them, regulation exists and should be used!

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    And how much of the 9GW do you reckon they actually want to build? The guy representing the datacentre companies does not say. Even if it's only a third or a quarter of them, that's a ludicrous drain on a resource that, as the article also points out, is not actually in overabundance

    The argument I'm making is not "too much is bad, therefore there must be none". There's even a proposal for a power cap on them in the article. Byt these companies have repeatedly demonstrated their willingness to ride roughshod over the rest of society at every opportunity. We should not extend them any trust beyond what we have ironclad control over.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago* (2 children)

    We should not extend them any trust beyond what we have ironclad control over.

    I agree, but that shouldn't imply building none. I don't want us to be reliant on using data centres in the USA or China who can then use the prospect of cutting that off as leverage. I have no idea how much is reasonable but I am confident it is more than 0 and less than 9GW.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    The argument I'm making is not "too much is bad, therefore there must be none". There's even a proposal for a power cap on them in the article

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago

    That's fair, I wasn't aiming that at you specifically but at the general atmosphere of All data centres are bad and must be stopped, as is visible in the headline image of the article and the other comments in this thread.

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