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Daily edition · Thursday 17 September 2026

Scottish tech news, Thursday 17 September 2026

The ayeoh front page as it stood at 9:22am that morning: the lead, the top stories, the money and the record.

Growth · Edinburgh

Holyrood votes to pause data centre expansion, mandates environmental assessments

Scottish Parliament backed a pause on large new data centres.

Daily Business · Edinburgh · 12h · 8 outlets

Top stories

Event

King Charles convenes global AI chief executives for safety summit in Scotland

CNN Business · 4h · 5 outlets

Growth

Huge funding boost for chemistry firm could create up to 300 jobs in life sciences

The Scotsman · 3h

Funding

Edinburgh Graduates’ AI infrastructure firm Expanse raises $5.3m

DIGIT · 16h

Funding · Glasgow

Glasgow-based AI drug discovery firm raises £89.9 million in new funding round

FutureScot · 22h

Policy

Ministers reject data centre moratorium but promise new rules by Christmas

The Herald · 15h · 2 outlets

Deal

More than 3,000 new electric vehicle charge points planned across UK and Ireland

The Herald · 20h

Research · Glasgow

ScotlandIS names computing professor Gordon Morison as new board chair

FutureScot · 3d · 3 outlets

Product

Data centre giant unveils £9.6m annual ‘community benefit’ for Scottish sites

The Herald · 29h

Who just got funding

Expanse raises $5.3 million (£3.93m)

16 Sep 2026 · Seed · Edinburgh · DIGIT · Expanse on ayeoh

iGii raises £22.7m

16 Sep 2026 · Series B · Stirling · Scottish Business News · iGii on ayeoh

Chemify gets £22m public support

16 Sep 2026 · Public support · Glasgow · Scottish Enterprise · Chemify on ayeoh

HEMSPAN raises £4m

15 Sep 2026 · Scottish Borders · Scottish Business News · HEMSPAN on ayeoh

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