Scottish residents protest new data center on the outskirts of Edinburgh
by editors@theworld.org (Richard Baynes) from The World: Latest Stories on (#78KC3)
On the outskirts of Edinburgh, a potato field could soon become the site of a massive AI data center. It is one of two dozen projects proposed across Scotland. But campaigners warn that if every proposed center were built, the data centers alone could consume more electricity than Scotland currently uses. DW's Richard Baynes has been finding out how Scots are taking on the might of data center developers - and may even be starting to win. His story first appeared on the Living Planet podcast.