Lanarkshire AI datacentre to fully rely on National Grid despite renewables claim

The extended project is to draw its power from the National Grid. The extended project is to draw its power from the National Grid. A datacentre company that said it would power a massive AI development near Glasgow with renewable energy has admitted that the scheme will be entirely served by the National Grid . 'It's smoke and mirrors': hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentre DataVita, a key plank of the UK's AI strategy, had promised that the Lanarkshire project would draw 1GW - the equivalent output of a small nuclear reactor, or Britain's largest windfarm - from green sources. But when the Guardian raised questions about the pledge, it said the arrangement was "subject to final commercial agreements, planning, grid and consenting processes".