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Lord Patel (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 27 January 2025

Debate

Internet Activity: Energy Use

Contribution

My Lords, the Minister said that current data centres use about 2% of total electricity generation. Can he quantify that in respect of how many terawatt hours are currently being used by data centres? With the Government’s ambition for AI and the development of more data centres, what will be the requirement in terawatt hours by 2030?

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