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DataVita, a Scottish company, has secured 300 million (approximately $407 million) in financing from the Dutch International Bank, ABN AMRO, and other European banks to expand its existing data centers in Scotland and build a new data center. The UK government facilitated this financing by guaranteeing 80% of the 252 million provided by the two Dutch banks and Spain's Santander Bank. The remaining funds will be offered on an unsecured basis by the Scottish National Investment Bank and Siemens Financial Services. Computing giant Dell will relocate its Scottish headquarters to this site. This investment is a key signal of the significant revival in the UK's so-called "Artificial Intelligence Growth Area" under the leadership of new Prime Minister Burnham. Former Prime Minister Starmer had identified these areas as a crucial pillar of the Labour government's AI policy.