“What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of data centre developments on resource capacity in the South West.”
Asked by
Caroline Voaden
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Artificial Intelligence (Kanishka Narayan)
We work closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Departments across Government to ensure that critical infrastructure developments are sustainable for local resource capacity. The planning system takes into account a number of those questions and ought to account for the long-term implications for water and wider resource supply. We have specifically designed our AI growth zones to be investments in areas where there is sufficient energy capacity and where infrastructure can be enhanced.