NPM Interconnections (EUR) – Episode 178: Giles Hanglin | Apatura
Mon Feb 02 2026
On this week’s podcast, we sat down with Giles Hanglin, CEO of the UK-based energy and data centre developer Apatura to discuss its impressive development pipeline and the case for building data centres in Scotland.
Hanglin discusses the role of government policy — including Scotland’s designation as an AI growth zone — as well as the ongoing challenges around grid access and regulatory reform.
Despite broader market constraints, Hanglin remains confident in Scotland’s competitiveness relative to other UK and Irish markets. He points to ‘serious interest’ from a US-based data centre operator, backed by a major private equity firm, in Apatura’s six-site portfolio, for which Alantra worked as investment banking advisor.
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On this week’s podcast, we sat down with Giles Hanglin, CEO of the UK-based energy and data centre developer Apatura to discuss its impressive development pipeline and the case for building data centres in Scotland. Hanglin discusses the role of government policy — including Scotland’s designation as an AI growth zone — as well as the ongoing challenges around grid access and regulatory reform. Despite broader market constraints, Hanglin remains confident in Scotland’s competitiveness relative to other UK and Irish markets. He points to ‘serious interest’ from a US-based data centre operator, backed by a major private equity firm, in Apatura’s six-site portfolio, for which Alantra worked as investment banking advisor. NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community. Download our mobile app.