Lanarkshire has been announced as the latest AI Growth Zone.

The Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone will be delivered by data centre company DataVita around their data centre site in Airdrie and in partnership with AI cloud firm CoreWeave.

It is hoped this will bring more than 3,400 jobs over the course of the coming years, including delivering 50 apprenticeships to nurture the next generation of Scottish AI expertise.  800 of these jobs are expected to focus on the AI jobs of the future, including AI researchers, coders and permanent staff who will run and maintain data centres.

The other jobs will be made up of immediate construction jobs.

A new community fund will inject up to £543 million into support for a range of local programmes over the next 15 years, alongside £8.2 billion in private investment that will drive economic renewal in the local area.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: "Getting on in life should not mean travelling miles from your community for work while struggling to pay the bills at home.

"By bringing billions of pounds of investment into Lanarkshire, we are creating good, wellpaid jobs and funding support that directly helps families with the cost of living.

"With strong progress made on our AI Opportunities Action Plan over the past year, now is the time to put our foot on the accelerator and ensure working people feel the benefits in every corner of the UK."

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said: "Today’s announcement is about creating good jobs, backing innovation and making sure the benefits AI will bring can be felt across the community - that’s how the UK government is delivering real change for the people of Scotland.

"From thousands of new jobs and billions in investment through to support for local people and their families, AI Growth Zones are bringing generation-defining opportunity to all corners of the country."