Data centre and AI projects in Scotland
Every entry in the tracker recorded in Scotland. Figures below only count what operators or government have actually published — projects with no disclosed capacity or investment are excluded from the totals rather than estimated.
- Tracked projects
- 3
- Disclosed capacity
- 712.42 MW
- Stated investment
- £8.2bn
From 2 of 3 projects
refusedProposedApprovedRegional position only
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Projects in Scotland
1 Redheughs Avenue data centre, South Gyle
VerifiedEdinburgh, Scotland
212.42 MW
refusedData centreNot statedHaspielaw Farm, Hamilton
VerifiedHamilton, Scotland
Capacity not published
ProposedData centreNot statedLanarkshire AI Growth Zone
VerifiedDataVita, in partnership with CoreWeave
Airdrie, Scotland
500 MW
ApprovedAI growth zoneHigh — AI/compute led
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