Planning pipeline · data as of 18 Oct 2026

Scotland’s Data Centre Map and Tracker

Large data centre proposals in Scotland, from pre-application notices to live planning applications and appeals, plus the sites already operating. Each entry shows its council planning record, where one exists, and its other sources by type, so every claim can be checked against more than one publisher.

How sources are graded: 37 of 47 entries corroborated ↓

Sites

Map: Natural Earth

OperatingUnder constructionApplication lodgedRefused / appealPre-applicationAnnouncedGrid queue onlyStalled

Circle area scales with MW. Hollow rings have no published capacity. Positions are approximate (town or estate level).

Proposed, in progress and stalled

Schemes from first announcement through to a lodged application, plus those under construction, refused or stalled. Most are large AI campuses still at pre-application, and together they would add many times today's operating capacity.

Operating

Data centres running in Scotland today, mostly colocation, bank and research sites in the Central Belt, Aberdeen and Dundee. Most are small; the largest, DataVita DV1 at Chapelhall, is about 24MW.

Planning and policy timeline

How sources are graded

Each entry lists every source we used, labelled by who published it. An entry counts as corroborated when at least two different publishers report it and at least one of them is not a campaign group or a commercial directory.

GovernmentScottish or UK Government, Parliament, the planning appeals division (DPEA), NESO

CouncilLocal authority planning portal records, news or committee papers. Planning records were searched on each council's portal for "data centre" on 18 Oct 2026.

NoticeStatutory planning notices published in local papers

OperatorThe operator's or developer's own website or press release

NewsNewspapers, broadcasters and trade press

CampaignCampaign groups and petitions, including the APRS tracker

DirectoryCommercial data centre listings and property agents

Some news sites block automated link checks, but every link here was found through search and checked on 18 Oct 2026; none returned "not found".

Midlothian

RBS data centre, Melville Gate

NatWest GroupNatWest Group (RBS)

OperatingNeeds corroborationCapacity not publishedSize unknown

Operating siteNeeds corroboration

CapacityNot publishedSize unknown

Operator

NatWest Group

NatWest Group (RBS)

SiteMelville Gate Road, DalkeithMidlothian · about 13.5 ha

Latest planning activityExtension to existing data centre07/00051/FUL · Grant with conditions · 17 Aug 2007Council record ↗

Operating (council records to 2021).

Overview

Bank data centre with an extension consented in 2007 and minor works applied for up to 2021. Capacity not published. Found through the council portal.

Site and surroundings

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Site centreResidentialIndustrial / commercialWoodland River floodSurface water floodCoastal flood SSSI / SAC / SPAAncient woodlandHeritage designation Listed buildingSchool, care or healthPower line250 m · 500 m · 1 km from the site centre

See the exact red-line boundary on the council's map ↗ · Building counts and flood shares are measured from the council's application boundary; the rings are drawn from the site centre. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence. Flood maps © SEPA; designations © NatureScot and © Historic Environment Scotland; all under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning

This site is operating. The council records below are past consents for the building or recent works.

Site locationCentre of the application site for 07/00051/FUL, about 13.5 ha. Grid reference E 332173 N 667314.

See the red-line boundary on Midlothian Council's map ↗

Council planning record · Midlothian Council

Reference	Type	Status	Date	Applicant
07/00051/FUL	Extension to existing data centre	Grant with conditions	17 Aug 2007	RBS Property Developments Ltd

Search the Midlothian planning portal for the latest documents, consultee responses and public comments.

Sources

No sources beyond the council record.