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Scottish data centre moratorium proposal raises questions over billions in planned investment

The country has been positioning itself as a key destination for data centre projects
Liquid cooled servers in an installation at the Global Switch Docklands data centre campus in London, UK, on Monday, June 16, 2025. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images.
Liquid cooled servers in an installation at the Global Switch Docklands data centre campus in London, UK, on Monday, June 16, 2025. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images.
CoStar Analytics
July 7, 2026 | 1:01 P.M.

A proposal to pause new data centre developments in Scotland has raised uncertainty for one of the UK's fastest-growing real estate sectors, potentially affecting billions of pounds of planned digital infrastructure investment.

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