A push to investigate banning data centres across the City of Stirling has been rejected. Cr Migdale said she was not opposed to technology or artificial intelligence, but believed data centres needed to be in areas equipped to handle their significant demands. “But the question before us is not where the data centres are needed. As the uptake of AI systems grows around the world, so too has demand for the centres needed to support the technology. Credit: City of StirlingCr Krsticevic believed the city’s existing planning controls were enough to determine where data centres could operate.