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Earl Russell (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 8 July 2025

Debate

Data Centres: Energy and Water Consumption

Contribution

My Lords, demand is increasing faster than our policies for AI energy usage. AI is desperately power hungry, just at the pinch point where we are desperately trying to reach clean power by 2035 and our electricity demand is set to more than double by 2050. I call on the Government urgently to create an AI energy efficiency strategy, with the target of ensuring that AI usage and savings are better than carbon neutral before 2030.

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