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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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[–] 0 points 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day 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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