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# Edinburgh developer Apatura bids for GBP 3.9 billion Ravenscraig AI data centre
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-06-27-apatura-ravenscraig-ai-data-centre-bid/
- Published: 2025-06-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T04:05:28.000Z
- Description: Apatura proposed a GBP 3.9 billion, 550 megawatt AI data centre across 160 acres of the former Ravenscraig steelworks in Scotland. The firm is bidding for UK AI Growth Zone status; no site has yet been selected.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Apatura press release, 27 June 2025](https://ravenscraig.co.uk/news/news-post/ravenscraig-plans-to-transform-former-steelworks-into-one-of-the-uks-largest-green-ai-data-centres/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that Ravenscraig has been designated an AI Growth Zone site or that construction or financing has started.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-20\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)