{
 "title": "UK AI Data Centre Build-Out Tracker 2026: Five Zones Mapped",
 "url": "https://www.servnetuk.com/research/uk-ai-data-centre-buildout-tracker-2026",
 "publisher": "Servnet Research",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse with attribution",
 "collected": "2026-08-21",
 "records": [
  {
   "metric": "Government-designated AI Growth Zones",
   "value": "5 zones",
   "source": "GOV.UK"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Total investment generated by AI Growth Zones programme",
   "value": "£28.2 billion",
   "source": "GOV.UK"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Jobs created by AI Growth Zones programme",
   "value": "more than 15,000 jobs",
   "source": "GOV.UK"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Lanarkshire financing package",
   "value": "£300 million",
   "source": "GOV.UK"
  },
  {
   "metric": "National Wealth Fund guarantee in Lanarkshire package",
   "value": "£202 million",
   "source": "GOV.UK"
  },
  {
   "metric": "North Lanarkshire projected private investment",
   "value": "$11.2 billion",
   "source": "International Trade Administration"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Five zones combined private investment commitments",
   "value": "at least $38.5 billion",
   "source": "International Trade Administration"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Scotland AI-ready data-centre capacity",
   "value": "500MW",
   "source": "Addleshaw Goddard"
  },
  {
   "metric": "North Lincolnshire campus scale",
   "value": "1GW",
   "source": "Computer Weekly"
  }
 ]
}