Protesters March on Holyrood Over Scotland's Datacentre Expansion

Hundreds protested at the Scottish Parliament on 3 September 2026, demanding a moratorium on Scotland's datacentre expansion — facilities that house the servers powering cloud computing. At least 20 projects are proposed, including what would be the world's second-largest in Auchtertool, Fife. First Minister Swinney offered a "strategic approach" but declined to halt construction, leaving the gap between policy and protester demands unresolved.