As an amendment to motion S7M-01177 in the name of Patrick Harvie (Hyperscale Data Centres), insert at end "believes that Scotland has great strengths in data science and energy, and as such, a clear industrial strategy is required to maximise the economic benefits of AI data centre developments, including jobs and wages; calls on the Scottish Government to bring forward a clear definition of what constitutes a hyperscale data centre and to issue national planning guidance, alongside robust environmental standards and assessments, to inform national and local decision-making on current and potential hyperscale data centre planning applications; notes that such guidance must provide clarity on spatial, community and social impacts of any such developments and that decisions must be based on community consent; agrees that consideration must be given to implementing community benefit schemes and adjusting the non-domestic rates regime or other tax measures to ensure that economic benefits are accrued by communities in which such data centres are sited; calls on the Scottish Government to report back to Parliament on the development of national planning guidance by the end of the current calendar year and to publish this guidance in full within 12 months, and believes that no decisions on planning or consenting in relation to such applications should be made until this has been completed."
Result 94 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Agreed
Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, September 14, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-01177
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Result 80 for, 26 against, 15 abstained, 8 did not vote Agreed
Submitted by: Graham Simpson, Central Scot and Lothians West, Reform UK
Date lodged: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-01177.1
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Submitted by: David Green, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-01177.2
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Submitted by: Rachael Hamilton, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-01177.4
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Supported by: James Adams
Submitted by: Hannah Mary Goodlad, Shetland Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-01177.5
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Supported by: Tom Arthur, Stephen Flynn, Jenny Gilruth