Daily edition · Wednesday 4 November 2026

Scottish tech news, Wednesday 4 November 2026

The ayeoh front page as it stood at 6:40am that morning: the lead, the top stories, the money and the record.

Policy

Roxburghe Estate data centre plan enters public consultation as opposition mounts

Plans for a huge £2 billion AI data centre backed by one of Scotland's wealthiest landowners have reached an "important milestone".

The National · 20h · 3 outlets

Top stories

Report

National Cyber Security Centre warns of AI-powered cyberattacks on critical infrastructure

National Cyber Security Centre · 26h · 18 outlets · The story and its coverage

Britain faces AI-powered attacks on critical infrastructure by 2028, cyber chief warns

Policy

Minister faces backlash for insulting AI data centre campaigners

The National · 17h · 2 outlets · The story and its coverage

Policy · Aberdeen

SNP demands £5.1bn for Acorn carbon capture

The Times · 25h · 10 outlets

The project proposes storing emissions under the seabed PA Media

SmartestEnergy secures clean power deal to support Scottish wind farm

reNEWS · 16h · 2 outlets

Growth · Dundee

Innovec launches Dundee base to expand IT services in Tayside

Scottish Business News · 19h

Young people face hacker in Borders cyber escape room challenge

Border Telegraph · 17h

Event

Largs to host an event to explore AI, data centres and their impact on communities

Largs and Millport Weekly News · 19h

Event · Midlothian

Midlothian's Ingenza details mosaic-8b nanoparticle vaccine scaling in a webinar

Ingenza · 13h

Who just got funding

Draconite wins £25k grant

3 Nov 2026 · Grant · Edinburgh · High Growth Scotland · Draconite on ayeoh

1nhaler raises £2.2m

3 Nov 2026 · Seed · Edinburgh · Archangels · 1nhaler on ayeoh

TH2ISTLE Project raises €9 million (£7.69m)

2 Nov 2026 · Aberdeen · Scottish Parliament: questions, motions and Official Report · TH2ISTLE Project on ayeoh

SaxaVord raises £60m

29 Oct 2026 · Growth · Unst · Shetland News · SaxaVord Spaceport on ayeoh

Entrepreneurial Scotland raises £120k

28 Oct 2026 · Glasgow · The Herald · Entrepreneurial Scotland on ayeoh

That week on the record

ProQuest won a £200k contract from University of Strathclyde for Proquest Central Premium.

Contract · 3 Nov · Find a Tender

Mydex Data Services Community Interest Company has had liquidators appointed, according to a notice in The Gazette on 2 Nov.

Closure · 2 Nov · The Gazette

Pentestly is to be struck off the register, Companies House has given notice.

Closure · 31 Oct · Companies House

Content Guru won a £1.87m contract from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde for 2627 DS008 Cloud Contact Centre.

Contract · 30 Oct · Public Contracts Scotland

Jude McCorry announced she would step down as chief executive of the Cyber and Fraud Centre Scotland after almost seven years.

Appointment · 2 Nov · FutureScot

Today's Scottish tech news on the front page

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