The rumoured Morgan Stanley initiative to utilise the Pentland Firth's renewable energy capacity has broken cover in the Guardian - Working with Atlantis, a turbine manufacturer, their ambitious plan to power a 150MW datacentre will bypass national grid connection.

This will surely build the case for Scotland to follow the  infrastructure investment of countries such as Iceland required to support the new renewable Energy Datacenter industry. Fibre bypassing London and connect Scotland directly to Northern Europe would make the country a compelling proposition as its renewable energy exploitation gathers pace.

Off-grid data centre powered by tidal energy planned for Scotland | Environment | guardian.co.uk