Hannah Mary Goodlad: “I think we should be growing our population to 30,000 but then it comes back to infrastructure again, and tunnels.”

It is essential to secure public benefits from this type of development, and I am clear that voices of communities that will be affected will be central to any considerations on data centres.

I think that Shetland is the most strategic, most important and could have the potential to be one of the most influential constituencies in the whole of Scotland and at this current point in time, the whole of the UK.

The new policy is a real departure for the Government in terms of stepping away from giving local authorities total oversight and decision making power.

Data centres is a rapidly emerging sector, and planning has an important role to play in considering applications, harnessing economic opportunities, and finding solutions which align with our climate goals.