EDINBURGH (The Thursday Times) — Haftay ke roz hazaron afraad ne poore Scotland mein bade paimane par AI data centres banane ke mansoobon ke khilaf Edinburgh mein march kiya aur mutalba kiya ke bijli ki bhaari khapat wale mazeed aise marakiz ki manzoori se pehle maqami biradariyon ko raaye dene ka haq diya jaye.
Aik andaze ke mutabiq taqreeban chhe hazar muzahireen Royal Mile ke oopri sire par jama hue aur Holyrood mein Scottish Parliament tak march kiya. Kuch log khaas libaas pehen kar aaye thay, aur bohat se muzahireen ne haath se bane placard utha rakhe thay jin par “Hum data nahin pee sakte” aur “AI? Haan ji, bilkul” jaise naare darj thay.
Yeh march Turkiye ke shehar Antalya mein jaari COP31 mausamiyati muzakarat ke mauqe par manaye jane wale aalmi youm-e-amal ke saath rakha gaya tha. Scotland mein har saal is din mausamiyati muzahira hota hai, taham muntazimeen ke mutabiq is saal march ka markaz data centres thay.
Cockenzie, Dunbar, Larbert, Ravenscraig, North Ayrshire, Aberdeenshire aur Borders se muhim chalane wale groups is mein shirkat ke liye darul hukoomat pohanche, jin mein se bohat se apne qasbon ke qareeb mujawwaza data centres ki mukhalifat kar rahe hain.
“Tahaffuzaat sune nahin ja rahe”
Action to Protect Rural Scotland ki director Kat Jones ne kaha ke yeh march Scottish hukoomat ko “wazeh paigham” de raha hai. Unhon ne kaha: “Unhein civil society ke un mutalbaat ko nazarandaz karna band karna hoga ke Scotland mein deo-haikal AI data centres ke mustaqbil se mutaliq baat cheet mein use bhi shamil kiya jaye.”
Friends of the Earth Scotland ki senior muhim-kaar Kim Pratt ne kaha ke mujawwaza marakiz “Scotland ki bijli ki talab dugni kar denge aur hamare tawanai ke bill mehnge kar denge”, aur mulk ke mausamiyati waadon ko bhi nuqsan pohanchayenge. Unhon ne kaha: “Scottish hukoomat yeh batane mein nakaam rahi hai ke uske khayal mein Scotland ko AI data centres ki zaroorat kyun hai aur woh logon ko unke nuqsanat se kaise bachayegi.”
Scottish Greens aur mutaddid muhim groups ne bade data centres ki tameer aarzi taur par rokne ka mutalba kiya hai. Unka kehna hai ke yeh marakiz mausamiyati ahdaaf ko nuqsan pohancha sakte hain aur mulk ki qabil-e-tajdeed tawanai ki rasad par izafi dabao daal sakte hain.
12 megawatt se aik hazar tak
Bartania ka grid chalane wale idare National Energy System Operator ke September mein jaari karda aadad-o-shumar ke mutabiq Scotland mein data centres ki 28 tajaweez grid connection ki muntazir hain, jin ki majmooi talab 8.9 gigawatt hai. Yeh Scotland mein sardiyon ki maujooda zyada se zyada bijli ki talab se dugni se bhi zyada hai.
Khayal kiya jata hai ke is waqt Scotland ka sab se bada data centre North Lanarkshire ke ilaqe Airdrie mein DataVita ka markaz hai, jis ki gunjaish 12 megawatt hai. Dumfries and Galloway ke ilaqe Chapelcross mein mujawwaza markaz ki gunjaish aik hazar megawatt hogi, jo use duniya ke sab se bade data centres mein shamil kar degi.
Chapelcross mansoobe ke khilaf muhim chalane wali Kim Cairns ne kaha ke unki biradari ko tameer ke dauran shor, sadkon ki bandish aur aamad-o-raft ke masail par tashweesh hai, aur us shor par bhi jo yeh markaz chalne ke baad paida karega. Unhon ne kaha: “Is waqt yahan sabz khet hain jin mein bhedein aur gaayein hain. Yeh mahol ke liye aik badnuma ifreet sabit hoga.”
Muhim-kaaron ne shaffafiyat ke liye kaam karne wale group Spotlight on Corruption ki aik report ka bhi hawala diya, jis ke mutabiq data centres ke baare mein Bartanvi wuzara ki bairooni groups se hone wali 84 feesad mulaqatein niji shobe ke saath thin aur sirf do mulaqatein maqami biradariyon ke groups se huin.
Hukoomat ka kehna hai ke rehnuma usool aane wale hain
Scottish hukoomat ne kaha ke woh jald data centres ke liye mansooba bandi ke naye rehnuma usool jaari karegi aur aik aisi hikmat-e-amli tayyar kar rahi hai jis se yeh marakiz zyada se zyada “awami faida” pohanchayein.
Scotland ke wazir-e-ikhtira Alyn Smith data centres ko “AI shobe ke whisky godaam” qarar de chuke hain aur unse mutaliq behes ke kuch hisse ko “be-sar-o-pa” keh chuke hain. Unhon ne kaha: “Aisa lagta hai jaise mansooba bandi ka koi nizam maujood hi nahin. Utah ke sehra ke beech kisi intehai kharab data centre se muwazna us par sadiq nahin aata jo hamare haan Scotland mein banne ja raha hai.”
DataVita ke managing director Danny Quinn ne kaha ke yeh technology “har taraqqi yafta maeeshat ka aik ahem hissa” banti ja rahi hai. Unka kehna tha ke mumalik ko apne data centres ki zaroorat hai taake “hum AI ko apne mulkon aur apne khitton ke andar chala sakein aur use mehz kisi doosre mulk se istemal karne par inhisar na karna pade.”
Edinburgh ka march poore Europe mein data centres ke khilaf muzahiron ki aik waseeh tar lehar ka hissa hai, jahan hukoomatein AI mein sarmayakari khenchne ki daud mein hain jabke maqami biradariyan apni zameen, paani aur bijli ke billon par is ke asraat par sawal utha rahi hain. Muhim-kaaron ke baqaul bade paimane par aaloodgi phailane wale 100 se zyada groups ko COP31 mein shirkat ki ijazat di gayi hai.
