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Why not have this located in northern Scotland taking advantage of the surplus wind power being wasted due to north-south grid capacity, instead it’s likely going to be powered by gas generators.

In general the UK government talks growth but so far has delivered anti growth. Tech outsourcing seems to have really picked up since the NI changes.

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Isn't there a half-decent changes Scotland votes for independence from the UK in the foreseeable future? Seems like that is in opposition to the goal of data and compute soverignty.

Not really. Scotland's status is in the gift of the UK government. They've given them one vote already, they won't get another for a long time.

Even if it does somehow happen, there would need to be agreements in place for these cross border transactions to continue. It would shatter the economies to draw a hard line between the two nations.

To add to the other replies, the SNP have been the biggest political driver of the independence efforts and they seem to be falling out of favour at the moment.

It made me laugh when Nicola Sturgeon, who was the leader of the SNP for a long old time and who has been at the forefront of the Scottish Independence movement for many years, one of its most recognisable voices, recently announced she might retire to London because Scotland was now feeling a little bit suffocating.

So I think the idea of Scotland splitting from the UK is on the back burner for the forseeable future. It had a real moment in 2014 but didn't make it over the line. I don't think the UK government will be allowing another vote any time soon.

Unlikely. Don’t believe the online discourse to be representative of the people.

See: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/06/25/scottish-ind...

Even before mass online discourse, divisive seperatist figures like Alex Salmond and Nigel Farage were regularly paid to appear on Russia Today. Salmond even had his own show!

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