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Patrick Harvie: If hundreds of megawatts of renewable electricity are diverted from homes to hyperscale data centres, it has the very…

On the recordSeptember 2, 2026
If hundreds of megawatts of renewable electricity are diverted from homes to hyperscale data centres, it has the very real potential to destabilise our power grid, undoing the work we’ve achieved towards net-zero.
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Patrick Harvie
Scottish Green Party

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of data centres on energy supply.

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