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Scottish Tories accused of conflict of interest over data centre vote

Original: The Tories in Holyrood voted against pausing the rush for data centres in Scotland. Now we find out that the Tory party

Scottish Conservative MSPs voted against a pause on data centre developments at Holyrood, and the party now faces questions after its treasurer was revealed to control CXTech, a company proposing to build what would be Scotland's largest data centre, potentially with government subsidies. Critics are calling the combination a conflict of interest and demanding scrutiny of the party's finances and the tender process.

Why now: Accusations of a financial conflict of interest between a party's voting record and its treasurer's business interests are inherently newsworthy and damaging.

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• The Tories in Holyrood voted against pausing the rush for data centres in Scotland. Now we find out that the Tory party treasurer controls a company, CXTech , that is proposing to build the largest data centre in Scotland - with government subsidies. Corruption anyone? 🤮🤑… · Wen@mastodon.scot · 44

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