Scotland’s Role in the Next Wave of Data Center Development

Rapidly accelerating artificial intelligence adoption will only increase demand for data centers, capable of accommodating the much higher density, computational power and storage requirements. In parallel, there is the vital consideration of ensuring delivery strategies that are sustainable in the long–term, especially given that data centers account for 2.5% of total electricity consumption in the U.K and are highly energy intensive.

As a solution to these challenges, attention is gradually moving towards the north of the U.K, with Scotland emerging as holding tremendous potential to lead the next wave of data center development. 

Allan Macdonald, project director, based in the Glasgow office, outlines why Scotland is well primed to lead the next wave of data center development in the article titled “Allan Macdonald: Scotland’s Role in the Next Wave of Data Center Development.”