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government has [committed](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-compute-roadmap/uk-compute-roadmap) to AI datacentres as part of its [UK compute roadmap](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-compute-roadmap/uk-compute-roadmap). That policy paper, put forward by DSIT in 2025, sets out a “bold, long-term plan
government have not provided any clarity,” she said. More than a dozen datacentres in Scotland are in the process of getting planning permission, including an AI growth zone in Lanarkshire, near Glasgow, which claims
policies to secure investment from Silicon Valley, including multimillion-pound energy subsidies and preferential planning [approval for datacentres](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/14/datacentre-boom-is-uk-ai-bubble-about-to-burst) in what ministers have called [AI growth zones](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivering-ai-growth-zones/delivering-ai-growth-zones#:~:text=Pricing%20support%20mechanism,point%20in%202030.). While largely unknown
AI-related business growths, radically increase planning reform, reverse its North Sea energy policy and make fundamental changes to the welfare system, Blair argued, as well as seeking to repair relations with Trump’s White