{"id":23824,"date":"2026-07-06T23:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/scotland-could-freeze-datacentre-projects-in-challenge-to-uks-ai-strategy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T23:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:37:15","slug":"scotland-could-freeze-datacentre-projects-in-challenge-to-uks-ai-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/scotland-could-freeze-datacentre-projects-in-challenge-to-uks-ai-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK\u2019s AI strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish government to consider SNP national council motion for moratorium on all new datacentres<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish government is about to consider a sweeping moratorium on building new datacentres, putting a key plank of the UK\u2019s AI strategy at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday the Scottish National party (SNP)\u2019s national council passed a motion to freeze all new datacentres in Scotland. That motion has been sent to the Scottish government to consider.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/jul\/07\/scotland-could-freeze-datacentre-projects-in-challenge-to-uks-ai-strategy\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/94c2721f70fe3370bfe6f5d678b2fee7ccf4eff3\/675_0_5033_4024\/master\/5033.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=77c3b4e2a3cf05cf1e617325e5ec0216\" title=\"Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK\u2019s AI strategy\" \/>Scottish government to consider SNP national council motion for moratorium on all new datacentres<br \/>\nThe Scottish government is about to consider a sweeping moratorium on building new datacentres, putting a key plank of the UK\u2019s AI strategy at risk.<br \/>\nLast Sunday the Scottish National party (SNP)\u2019s national council passed a motion to freeze all new datacentres in Scotland. That motion has been sent to the Scottish government to consider. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish government to consider SNP national council motion for moratorium on all new datacentres The Scottish government is about to consider a sweeping moratorium on building new datacentres, putting a key plank of the UK\u2019s AI strategy at risk. Last Sunday the Scottish National party (SNP)\u2019s national council passed a motion to freeze all new &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/scotland-could-freeze-datacentre-projects-in-challenge-to-uks-ai-strategy\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK\u2019s AI strategy<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23824"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}