Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 101286

Artificial Intelligence and Data Centres

Tabled: 17 December 2025

Answered: 9 January 2026

Question

Dr Ellie Chowns

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government categorises large-scale AI and data-centre infrastructure to be of strategic national importance; and what protections or ownership safeguards it plans to apply t

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

Data centres are vital to the UK’s prosperity and security and underpin our digital economy and AI ambitions. We have taken decisive action and work closely with industry to monitor and mitigate potential future threats to data centres.Last year we design...

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