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

2026-11-07 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

DataVita promised its massive AI datacentre near Glasgow would run on 1GW of renewable energy, but oops — turns out it'll be entirely powered by the National Grid instead. A 'key plank' of the UK's AI strategy built on greenwashed promises. Nothing says 'sustainable AI future' like quietly hoping nobody reads the revised planning documents.

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