Eight SambaNova SN40 units have landed in Scotland, marking the launch of a sovereign AI infrastructure platform built for real-world deployment. Low power, air-cooled, and cloud-integrated, the platform is designed to scale rapidly as 150 systems are rolled out across the UK.

Argyll Data Development has entered into a strategic partnership with SambaNova to deliver the UK’s first renewable-powered sovereign AI inference cloud, hosted at the Killellan AI Growth Zone on Scotland’s Cowal Peninsula.

The 184-acre Killellan campus is being developed as a green digital hub, powered by a mix of on-site wind, wave, solar, biogas and waste-to-energy generation. A private-wire network and long-duration battery storage will supply firm, low-carbon power directly to the data centre, with waste heat captured and reused across the site for applications such as vertical farming, aquaculture and local heat loads.