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Laura Moodie: “We cannot sleepwalk into a climate-wrecking project of this scale, which increasingly appears to be putting tech giant…”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2026
We cannot sleepwalk into a climate-wrecking project of this scale, which increasingly appears to be putting tech giant profits ahead of local communities.
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Laura Moodie
Scottish Green Party

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Addressing concerns over the data centre's impact.

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