A 50-acre data centre that could use more power than 300,000 homes has been proposed on the edge of a small town in Scotland.
Over 2,000 people have submitted objections to the hyperscale data centre in Larbert, with residents raising concerns such as air pollution, noise and impacts on the grid.
It’s the latest in a string of data centres that have been proposed across Scotland’s central belt, prompting a growing backlash and demand for tougher regulation from the Scottish Government.
“We’ve got these sites coming up all over Scotland,” said Larbert resident Tasha Marsden. “I think the government needs to sit with this and actually bring in some sort of standards and legislation about these hyperscale sites.”
Larbert data centre is ‘lunacy’
