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

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The Scottish parliament voted to suspend planning decisions on new AI datacentres for up to a year, pending the development of a national strategy, and to require strict environmental impact assessments.

Why it matters: New AI datacentre projects in Scotland face delays of up to a year until a national strategy and stricter environmental reviews are in place.

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“MSPs vote for strict environmental impact assessments and will delay decisions until national strategy is developed Holyrood has voted to pause planning applications for all new AI datacentres for up to a year until the Scottish government has developed a…”
Guardian Technology, 16 Sept 2026, 18:28.

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