Artificial Intelligence: Scotland
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of Scotland's contribution to the UK's AI sector.
Answered by Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Scotland is a key contributor to the UK’s AI ecosystem. According to BIST’s AI sector study in 2024, Scotland was responsible for almost 2,000 AI jobs, as well as £180 million of AI-related revenues.
Scotland is also the focus of significant AI infrastructure investments, including a new £750 million national supercomputer hosted in the University of Edinburgh’s Advanced Computing Facility and £300 million of investment in the Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone.
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