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Earl Russell (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 April 2025

Debate

Artificial Intelligence: Emissions

Contribution

My Lords, generative AI is exceptionally energy hungry. The head of the National Grid said in March last year that data-centre electricity demand in the UK will rise sixfold in the next 10 years. While the Climate Change Committee has some headroom in its carbon budgets, what work are the Government doing with it to ensure adequate and accurate calculations can be made of AI’s future energy requirements?

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