There are local campaigns springing up where each data centre is planned. Please get involved!
We have tips for local campaigners here. And the most important thing you can do right now is to email your local and all your regional MSPs and let them know your concerns. There are some bullet points you may wish to raise in the tips below.
Local Campaigns and Petitions
The table below has the local campaign groups and local petitions that we are aware of – please let us know if we have missed any!!
If you live near a proposed data centre and want to start a group or it is TBC below – please get in touch with kat (kat@aprs.scot)
You can see all the Hyperscale AI data centres we know are planned on the data centre map
You can find out about local meetings and protests here
| Site | Local Authority | Local Petition | Capacity MW | Contact for Local group | More Information |
| Ravenscraig | North Lanarkshire | 550MW (no EIA required) | Ravenscraig local against mega data centres facebook | aprs.scot/ravenscraig-dc | |
| Killean, Dunoon | Argyll | 100-600MW scaling to 2000MW | aprs.scot/argyll-dc | ||
| Coldstream | Borders | 300MW (no EIA required) | tbc | aprs.scot/coldstream-dc | |
| Auchtertool | Fife | Petition | 600MW (no EIA required) | Facebook Page | aprs.scot/auchtertool-dc |
| Hurlford | East Ayrshire | 540MW | Website Facebook page | aprs.scot/hurlford-dc/ | |
| Hunterston | North Ayrshire | Petition | unknown (but onsite BESS is 450MW) | WhatsApp group Facebook page | https://aprs.scot/hunterston-data-centre/ |
| South Gyle | Edinburgh | 212.42MW (no EIA required) | Gyle WhatsApp group | aprs.scot/gyle-dc | |
| Wester Hermiston/West Edinburgh | Edinburgh | Petition | 200MW (no EIA required) | Website | aprs.scot/hermiston-dc |
| Greenock Data Centre | Inverclyde | unclear, 28 hectares, at least 200MW | Facebook Page Facebook Group | aprs.scot/greenock-data-centre/ | |
| Freeport | West Lothian | 250MW | aprs.scot/freeport-dc | ||
| Westerhill | East Dunbartonshire | 300MW (EIA Required) | aprs.scot/bishopbriggs-dc | ||
| Duns/ Longformacus | Scottish Borders | Petition | 225MW (EIA required) | Website | aprs.scot/duns-dc |
| Dunbar | East Lothian | Petition | unknown (very large – 62.5 hectares) (EIA required) | Facebook group | aprs.scot/dunbar-dc |
| AI Growth Zone Lanarkshire | North Lanarkshire | 40MW | Facebook Page | aprs.scot/chapelhall-ai-growth-zone/ | |
| Larbert | Falkirk | Petition | 300MW | Facebook group | https://aprs.scot/apatura-larbert/ |
| Cockenzie | East Lothian | Petition | 200MW | Facebook group | aprs.scot/cockenzie/ |
| Blackdog | Aberdeen | 600MW | Facebook group | aprs.scot/aberdeen-blackdog/ | |
| Chapelcross | Dumfries & Galloway | Petition | 1000MW | Facebook group | aprs.scot/chapelcross-data-centre/ |
| West Calder | West Lothian | 250MW | Facebook group | aprs.scot/freeport-dc/ |