The AI Pathfinder data center at the i3 Industrial Park in Irvine, North Ayrshire, is a flagship £15 billion project designed to become one of the largest AI infrastructure hubs in Europe. Scheduled to begin operations in 2026, the facility is part of a broader mission to provide domestically controlled, sovereign AI infrastructure for the UK. The first phase of development involves a £385 million initial investment and the deployment of 6,400 GPUs to support high-density AI training and enterprise workloads.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 7.49 miles | ILI Group: Rufus Campus |
Renewable energy firm ILI Group is planning the Rufus data center campus in Hulford, East Ayrshire.
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| 7.82 miles | ILI Group: Rufus Expansion | |
| 12.94 miles | Apatura: East Ayrshire |
The campus will feature a "flexible" design, with plans for one or more buildings, each between one and two stories high, encompassing a total footprint of approximately 45,000 square meters (484,375 sq ft).
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AI Pathfinder, a subsidiary of the property development and investment firm Salamanca Group, is a UK-based infrastructure provider specializing in sovereign AI data centers. The company is currently executing an £18.4 billion ($24.9 billion) investment program to establish a network of high-density supercomputing facilities across the United Kingdom, aiming for a total capacity of 2GW by 2030.
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