CX Tech files plans for £16.5bn data centre at Chapelcross

According to the application, up to 750 jobs would be created during construction and around 540 in operation; construction is to start in 2027 and take about eight years.

At around 1,000 MW the campus would be larger than any data centre site operating in the world today; critics point to the power grid, the landscape and land take. The application came a few weeks after the Scottish government pledged not to take decisions on hyperscale data centres until national guidance is in place (BBC, 30.09.2026; second source: Resultsense, 30.09.2026).