Article on the massive overestimates of jobs for the AI Growth Zone. Over 90% of the jobs promised for AI Growth zone will be temporary or projections for wider economy and not actual jobs at the 'Growth Zone' according to Freedom of Information Request to UK Gov
As Artemis II heads to the moon, we are delighted to launch our new campaign ... into ORBIT!
Elon Musk wants to put a million data centres into space but that's not happening on our watch.
From the Scotland's countryside to the Final Frontier, join us at www.serversinspace.com
We haven’t been campaigning on littering for a century to let space get littered with junk. Litter is a menace whether it’s in the Outer Hebrides or Outer Space.
In the year of our centenary help us take the fight for Scotland’s countryside to the final frontier.
www.serversinspace.com
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We are excited to announce the launch of our latest campaign …. into ORBIT!
Elon Musk wants to put a million data centres into space, so we are merging our oldest campaign on litter with our newest on hyperscale data centres to tackle this new menace.
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We are also calling for hyperscale data centres to be put on schedule 1 of the EIA regulations."
More here@
This definition would need to be properly consulted on, due to the environmental impacts of hyperscale data centres, as well as the impacts they would have on the grid, electricity prices, local countryside and communities, as well as our climate targets.
projects. This is a very important result which demonstrates the critical importance of having a proper definition of what a 'green data centre' is.
"We are calling for the Scottish Government to urgently produce a well-considered, and rigorous definition of a green data centre.
"Due to the very serious environmental impacts of hyperscale data centres, especially related to their energy and water use, unless there a meaningful, robust and scientifically coherent definition of what a ‘green data centre’ is, then it is impossible for Local Authorities to safely assess
The councillors voted: 51 for the motion and 10 for the amendment
Dr Kat Jones, director of APRS said:
THIS NEWS IS MASSIVE! This afternoon Edinburgh City Councilors voted to put in place a temporary moratorium on new data centres in the city.
At the Full Council meeting today, 19th March, Edinburgh city councillors discussed a motion 'A moratorium on ‘green’ data centres in Edinburgh'
BREAKING NEWS:
Edinburgh City Council have just voted for a Moratorium on data centres
51 for the motion
10 for the amendment
More information here:
Today we are publishing our report on Employment and Data Centres which includes a review of the jobs claims of Scotland's data centre developers.
You can read it all here!
Kat has written a bit about how we can change our energy consenting process for the better- and there is a consultation open at the moment everyone can contribute to!
We had a great webinar this week hearing from Julie Bolthouse of Piedmont Environmental Council, Virginia, abouttheir long camapign on hyperscale data centres, Donald Campbell, Director of Advocacy at Foxglove, and energy expert Victoria Plutshack
Today we published an interactive map of hyperscale data centre proposals in Scotland - for each you can click through to a website with maps, planning details and local campaign group, where there is one (we'll add more when we hear about them!)
Our Director Kat Jones has written an analysis of the Edinburgh hyperscale data centre decision for Bella Caledonia. She explains how the result will have ripples far beyond the city as other data centes make it through the planning system.
bellacaledonia.org.u...
We are sharing this from our friends at Loch Wood @BlackwoodEstateCommunityAssociation who are opposing a BESS that would affect ancient woodland and their Forest School. You can watch a video about them from STV in the link!
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Contrary to NPF policy 2 - as it doesnt address lifecycle Green House gas emissions
Contrary to the City Plan Place- Place 19 policy because it doesnot support themixed use vision for Edinburgh Park area.
Well done to the campaigners!
aprs.scot/data-centr...
statement to follow
BREAKING NEWS!
Edinburgh City Council Committee REJECT the application for a 210MW Data Centre at Edinburgh Gyle
This was refused on the ground of:
Contrary to NPF4 policy 1 - as it does not address the climate crisis
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BREAKING NEWS!
Edinburgh City Council Committee REJECT the application for a 210MW Data Centre at Edinburgh Gyle
This was refused on the ground of:
Contrary to NPF4 policy 1 - as it does not address the climate crisis
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or you can also read on our website if you don't have access to The National
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I hope this has persuaded you to click on the link and read the article anyway - it's very very important stuff!
When I was writing this Op Ed I had the title 'Why AI could kill us all, but just not in the way that you think' in my head, but I think The National have gone one better. A reference to '...this One Neat Trick' clickbait perhaps?
There is near universal support for Green Belts ad countryside protection, as we found in a survey commissioned to mark the centenary of CPRE and APRS. Read more in this article!
A hyperscale data centre proposed for Edinburgh is planning to use diesel generators for back-up power which, when in use, would be the equivalent to over a hundred thousand idling diesel cars. We've worked out this would be a tower of cars 28 tall over the entire site.
aprs.scot/diesel-gen...
We've just sent out our supporter and member bulletins - have a read here about all the things we've been up to - and subscribe to read more of this kind of stuff.
Data Centre Lobbyists "we probably should spend tens of millions of dollars on messaging"
Us "we've got three part time members of staff and a few volunteers and we're READY!"
Join our campaign! aprs.scot/data-centr...
see story in the FT: www.ft.com/content/f...
It's Three Kings Day today and traditionally the day that people take down the Christmas decorations.
So today we take down the Santa Hat from our logo until next year, and get geared up for a busy busy year of campaigning for Scotland's countryside
Happy New Year everyone!
... would power the DeLorean to go Back to the Future four times. And there are two more data centres that are not yet in formal planning processes that will add another time hop at least.
Read about where the data centres are planned here-
Famously the DeLorean needed 1.21 Gigawatts (GW) of energy to take Marty back to 1985, in the film ‘Back to the Future’ (a bit more than the power of Torness nuclear power station)
We found the energy demand of the data centres in the planning system at the moment ...