DataVita Secures £300m Debt Facility to Expand North Lanarkshire Data Center Campus

North Lanarkshire Residents Fear Rural Life Will Be Destroyed as £300M Data Centre Project Pushes Through

Residents in North Lanarkshire say a £300 million data centre expansion will transform their quiet rural community, warning the project could permanently alter the countryside around their homes. The development, part of the region's AI Growth Zone, has prompted concerns that its size will overwhelm the local area. The project would expand the existing DV1 facility and add a new DV3 centre for developer DataVita, sparking what campaigners have d…

DataVita secures £300m debt facility to expand North Lanarkshire data center campus

Funds to fuel expansion of two buildings

Second data centre planned for Lanarkshire as regulations tightened

Tech company DataVita intend to expand their current site in Airdrie and construct a second centre in the area, previously designated as an AI growth zone.

‘We don’t like this AI data centre and we don’t want it - it is totally unacceptable’

Calls are growing louder to scrap plans for a “staggering” new AI data centre the size of 90 football pitches planned for rural Kent.

UK Government backs major new AI data centre in Scotland with £200m guarantee

THE UK Government has backed plans for a new AI data centre in Scotland with a £200 million loan guarantee ...

Dell joins Lanarkshire AI park as £202 million public guarantee backs data-centre expansion

A £202 million National Wealth Fund guarantee will cover 80% of a £252.5 million bank-lending tranche for DataVita’s Lanarkshire data-centre expansion. Dell Technologies is also moving its Scottish team to the site, although no Dell investment figure or new-job total has been disclosed. The bank lending forms most of a £300 million financing package announced on August 18. ING, ABN AMRO and Santander are providing the £252.5 million tranche. The…