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“SaxaVord Spaceport’s £60m has given Scottish space more in October alone than in all of 2025, on our record.”

Sun 1 Nov 2026 · Updated 7 hours ago ·

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Data & Cloud in Scotland this week

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Glasgow urged to block new AI data centres amid fears over household bills

Policy · Latest in Data & Cloud · 2 days ago

Picture · Glasgow Times

Glasgow urged to block new AI data centres amid fears over household bills

There are currently no planning applications for AI data centres within the Glasgow City Council boundary.

ScottishNews.com · Glasgow · 2d · Share

Fears for Scotland’s 'AI Growth Zone' as key data centre firm’s value plummets
The National
Holyrood committee begins taking evidence in data centre investigation
TheBusinessDesk.com
Calls for Glasgow to block AI data centres amid fears residents could foot the bills
Glasgow Live

Policy

AI data centre plans could consume half Scotland's carbon budget by 2045

AI data centre plans could consume half Scotland's carbon budget by 2045

Picture · Friends of the Earth Scotland

Environmental campaigners told MSPs today that 23 proposals for AI data centres could generate 14 million tonnes of climate pollution annually.

Friends of the Earth Scotland · 3d · Share

Also in Scottish tech

East Lothian pupils tackle cyber-bullying and catfishing in online safety workshop

15h · East Lothian Courier

Montrose gaming café completes move to new town centre premises

22h · The Courier

Tracked by ayeoh in the past 90 days

£380.6m

across 14 rounds

£47.4m invested (7 rounds) · £300m debt (1 round) · £33.1m in grants (6 rounds)

30 Oct · Up from £16.2m: DataVita's £300m debt in Lanarkshire was added; Mironid's £34m Series B round in Glasgow was added; 5 more changes.

Every round, with its source · By city and sector · Know of a round we missed? ayeoh@loopsio.com

This week on the record

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

Closure · 31 Oct

A director left Fios Genomics on 29 Oct.

Directors · 30 OctFios Genomics

Quorum Cyber appointed a director on 28 Oct.

Directors · 29 OctQuorum Cyber

Softcat won a £61.1k contract from City of Glasgow College for The Provision of Anti-Virus Software.

Contract · 28 OctSoftcat

Signals before the news

Storyteller Software

Filed a share allotment 2 days ago

Edinburgh

Vaste Technologies

Filed a share allotment 3 days ago

Edinburgh

Filed a share allotment 4 days ago

Glasgow

Filed a share allotment 6 days ago

Edinburgh

Podcasts

Beyond StArtups

Adeel Shafi, Business Development Lead at Scottish Brain Sciences

St Andrews · 30 Oct · 31m

Energy Voice Out Loud

“Hijinks” Healey casts Acorn on stony ground

Aberdeen · 30 Oct · 36m

The Go Radio Business Show

Can Scotland Tackle Its Jobs, Housing & Energy Challenges?

Glasgow · 25 Oct · 35m

More in Data & Cloud

All we want for Christmas is a Scottish data centre strategy

24h · The Scotsman

Scottish car firm explores Glasgow data center near Cowlairs Park

34h · Data Centre Dynamics

Glasgow's Blazing Griffin partners with DC Studios, Warner Bros. and Amazon Games

4d · Scottish Games Network

Tech leaders join Pulsant ecosystem as partner network expands

4d · Data Centre Solutions

Town campaigners to join march against AI data centre

8d · DNG24

Objections against plans for world's biggest AI data centre 'hidden' by council

21d · The National

National march against hyperscale data centres to be held in Edinburgh

27d · The Herald

Structural beam of new national supercomputer signed by Britain’s AI minister

39d · FutureScot