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Artificial Intelligence: Lanarkshire

Asked by Imogen WalkerLabourDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled Answered 7 September 2026UIN 23652

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone on Scotland's computing capacity and artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Answered by Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

The Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone will strengthen Scotland's computing capacity by accelerating delivery of large-scale AI data centre infrastructure and increasing the amount of compute available in the UK.

The Lanarkshire AIGZ is also supporting significant private investment, creating skilled jobs and apprenticeships, and is contributing to the infrastructure needed to support the UK's AI ambitions.

Work is already well underway at the AI Growth Zone, and frontier AI chips will be live at the site next year, supporting the UK’s computing capacity and AI infrastructure goals.

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