Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 41198

Artificial Intelligence: Data Centres

Tabled: 25 March 2025
Answered: 2 April 2025

Question

Kanishka Narayan

LabourVale of Glamorgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the respective compute requirements for AI training and inference; and whether he plans to reflect this distinction in future infrastructure

Answer

Feryal Clark
In response to the AI Opportunities Action Plan, DSIT is currently developing a long-term compute strategy. At the same time, DSIT and UKRI are taking forward the development of the AI Research Resource, a network of supercomputers, currently consisting o...

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