Scotland's AI Growth Zone, delivered by data centre company DataVita around its Airdrie site in partnership with AI cloud firm CoreWeave. Government states £8.2 billion of private investment is committed, supporting more than 3,400 jobs and including a renewables park alongside the data centres.
Investment
- Stated investment
- £8.2bn
- Lead organisations
- DataVita, in partnership with CoreWeave
- Announced
- 29 January 2026
- Target live
- Not published
Power and grid
- Published capacity
- 500 MW
- Power notes
- DataVita states a total capacity of 500 MW for its Lanarkshire campus, and separately more than 1 GW of private-wire renewable generation, which is generation rather than demand and is not a data-centre load figure. The 500 MW is an operator claim for an area-wide programme, not a consented facility figure, and does not appear in the UK Government designation statement of 29 January 2026. It is excluded from every total.
- Grid connection
- Not published
- Cooling and water
- Not published
Planning
- Planning authority
- Not published
- Planning reference
- Not published
- Current status
- Approved
- Floor area
- Not published
Evidence quality
- Confidence
- High confidence
- AI relevance
- High — AI/compute led
- Verified
- Yes
- Last updated
- 18 August 2026
Progress
Announced · 29 January 2026
Zone announced by government
More than 3,400 jobs and targeted support for local communities to help tackle the cost of living as Lanarkshire named latest AI Growth Zone
Key facts as published
- Private investment committed
- £8.2 billion
- Jobs
- More than 3,400, including around 800 high-paying AI roles
- Community fund
- Up to £540 million of additional local support
- On-site energy
- Renewables park planned alongside data centres
Sources
- More than 3,400 jobs and targeted support for local communities to help tackle the cost of living as Lanarkshire named latest AI Growth Zone — DSIT / Scotland Office (GOV.UK), 29 January 2026 (updated 3 February 2026)
Where this connects
- Tracker entry for Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone — the same record inside the UK data-centre tracker.
- All tracked projects in Scotland
- UK AI Energy Index — the indicators we track for AI-driven electricity demand.
- AI growth zone impact calculator — model the electricity implications of a zone of a given size.