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Dumfries council withholds AI data center comments amid public outcry · 2 sources tracked

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Dumfries and Galloway Council is withholding public comments on a proposed AI data center at Chapelcross, citing a "significant volume" of feedback. The council plans to group and summarize objections and support comments, delaying their online publication until after the notification period. This decision has drawn criticism, with some suggesting it is an attempt to obscure public opposition, especially given that a separate portal created by the Scottish Greens received over 5,000 objections in under a week, while the council's website showed no comments. AI

IMPACT Potential for public opposition to AI infrastructure projects to be suppressed or delayed by local authorities.

RANK_REASON News about a local council's decision to withhold public comments on an AI data center proposal, framed as potentially obscuring opposition.

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Dumfries council withholds AI data center comments amid public outcry · 2 sources tracked

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    ... Spokesperson for # Dumfries & # Galloway told The National that due to the “significant volume” of comments made to the local # authority , it won’t post an

    ... Spokesperson for # Dumfries & # Galloway told The National that due to the “significant volume” of comments made to the local # authority , it won’t post any of them online until the end of the notification period. - Comments of support and objection will be grouped together …

    LINKS thenational.scot/…/26626248.objections-ch…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Objections to # Chapelcross # AI # DataCentre ‘hidden’ by # Dumfries council Despite hundreds of complaints online, & more than 5000 people lodging objections t

    Objections to # Chapelcross # AI # DataCentre ‘hidden’ by # Dumfries council Despite hundreds of complaints online, & more than 5000 people lodging objections to the proposal via a portal created by the # Scottish # Greens in less than a week, the application on the # council ’s …

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