26/10/2026
Plans to build an enormous £16.5 billion data centre on the site of the former Chapelcross nuclear plant have been submitted.
The Scottish Greens, who oppose the project, claim the 1GW data centre in the south of Scotland would be the biggest in world.
CX Tech Ltd said proposals also include energy-efficient buildings, sustainable drainage and landscaping.
However, the Scottish Greens urged for the project to be rejected, saying it would use around seven million MWh of energy a year – the equivalent of the energy used by more than two million homes.
South Scotland MSP Laura Moodie said: “This is one of the most seriously concerning data centre applications to date. The proposed site alone would use an unsustainably high amount of energy.
“While household energy bills keep going up, hyperscale data centres will only make that worse.
“The average household in Ireland now pays an extra £300 a year on energy, because of data centres. At the same time, tech giants and billionaires are making huge profits off of these applications.” 👇
