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Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise
A £8.2bn AI datacentre project in Lanarkshire, Scotland, promoted as being powered entirely by on-site renewables by 2030, has been revealed to have misrepresented its power plans. Government and developers privately acknowledged a 'power provision issue' at the site, undermining the project's sustainability promises.
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