DataVita DV3, Chapelhall
DataVita
A new data centre building (DV3) at DataVita's existing Chapelhall campus in North Lanarkshire, within the Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone. Financed as part of a £300 million debt facility announced in August 2026 alongside an expansion of the adjacent, already-operating DV1 building. DatacenterDynamics reported in September 2026 that DV3 was under construction, with capacity in both buildings contracted to CoreWeave under a 15-year lease.
Project detail
- Operator / developer
- DataVita
- Location
- Chapelhall, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Status
- Approved
- AI relevance
- High — AI/compute led
- Announced
- 2026-08-18
- Target live date
- Not published
- Published capacity
- Not published. No capacity figure means none has been published — it does not mean zero.
- Floor area
- Not published
- Stated investment
- Not published
- Power
- Not published
- Grid connection
- Not published
- Cooling
- Not published
- Water
- Not published
- Planning authority
- North Lanarkshire Council
- Planning reference
- Not published
- Planning decision
- Approved; under construction as of September 2026
- Decision date
- Not published
- Construction start
- Not published
- Expected completion
- Not published
- Operational since
- Not published
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Last verified
- 2026-09-24
Key facts
Financing
Part of a £300m debt facility announced 18 Aug 2026: £252.5m from ING, ABN AMRO and Santander (80% guaranteed by a £202m National Wealth Fund guarantee), plus further lending from the Scottish National Investment Bank and Siemens Financial Services. The facility covers both the DV1 expansion and DV3 construction jointly -- no DV3-only figure is published.
Tenant
Capacity in both DV1's expansion and DV3 is contracted to AI cloud firm CoreWeave under a 15-year lease (DatacenterDynamics)
Context
DV1 has operated on the same campus since 2016; DV2 is a separate, smaller DataVita facility in Glasgow, not part of the Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone campus
Sources
- DataVita secures £300m debt facility to expand North Lanarkshire data center campus
Secondary source · DatacenterDynamics · 18 August 2026
- DataVita files for third data center at campus in North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Secondary source · DatacenterDynamics · 3 September 2026
Entry last updated 24/09/2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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