Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 24318
Artificial Intelligence and Data Centres
Tabled: 15 January 2025
Answered: 27 January 2025
Question
Martin Wrigley
Liberal Democrat — Newton Abbot
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on preventing interventions by hostile actors on new (a) AI and (b) data centres.
Answer
Catherine WestThe National Security & Investment Act 2021 gives the government powers to scrutinise and intervene in business transactions, to protect national security. AI and data infrastructure, which includes data centres, are considered sensitive sectors of th...
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