Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone

Project detail

Operator / developer

DataVita, in partnership with CoreWeave

Location

Airdrie, Scotland, United Kingdom

Status

Approved

AI relevance

High — AI/compute led

Announced

2026-01-29

Target live date

Not published

Published capacity

• 500 MW — Reported capacity, definition not publishedA megawatt figure was reported but the source does not define what it measures, so it is excluded from every total.

Floor area

Not published

Stated investment

£8,200,000,000

Power

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

Not published

Water

Not published

Planning authority

Not published

Planning reference

Not published

Planning decision

Not published

Decision date

Not published

Construction start

Not published

Expected completion

Not published

Operational since

Not published

Confidence

High confidence

Last verified

2026-08-18

Key facts

• 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

  Secondary source · DSIT / Scotland Office (GOV.UK) · 29 January 2026 (updated 3 February 2026)

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