US EditionLanarkshire to become 'one of the world's most advanced AI sites'
The government-backed AI Growth Zone in Lanarkshire aims to attract £8.2 billion investment, creating 3,400 jobs including 800 high-paid AI roles and a £543 million community fund.
- On Thursday, Technology Secretary Liz Kendall announced Lanarkshire will become Scotland's first AI Growth Zone, attracting £8.2 billion in investment and creating 3,400 jobs with DataVita and CoreWeave.
- Part of the UK Government's AI Opportunities Action Plan, Lanarkshire becomes the fifth AI Growth Zone announced across the UK in the past year, with Scotland's climate and renewable energy supporting green computing.
- CoreWeave and DataVita are investing £1.5bn to deliver a production-grade AI cloud with over 500 megawatts of on-site power, around 800 high-paid AI roles, 2,600 construction roles, and 50 apprenticeships.
- Local leaders welcomed skills pathways and community benefits, and councillors said the project could revive North Lanarkshire's economy while redirecting excess heat to nearby University Hospital Monklands.
- With the May 7 Scottish Parliament election approaching, AI Growth Zone conditional status depends on delivery milestones, while campaigners concerned about data-centre energy use urge environmental safeguards, ministers said.
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The UK Science and Technology Secretary was speaking as she visited the site of Scotland’s first AI Growth Zone in Lanarkshire on Thursday. The upcoming Holyrood election should be a “referendum on the SNP’s record”, a UK Government minister has said. Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall dismissed suggestions from Scottish First Minister John Swinney that Sir Keir Starmer will no longer be Prime Minister if Labour poll badly in Scotland …
Lanarkshire chosen for new UK AI growth zone
Lanarkshire in Scotland has been named as the location for the latest AI Growth Zone, a development expected to support more than 3,400 jobs and attract billions of pounds in private investment. The site will be delivered by Scottish data centre firm DataVita around its facility in Airdrie, working in partnership with AI cloud provider CoreWeave. The project forms part of the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy and the government’s wider AI Opportun…
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