Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 64931

Artificial Intelligence: Data Centres

Tabled: 3 July 2025
Answered: 11 July 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help mitigate the environmental impacts of AI data centres in relation to the target of Net Zero by 2050.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Government’s forecasts for data centre demand to 2030 are consistent with its Clean Power 2030 Action Plan. The Government expects to be able to meet this demand through its plans to increase renewable power capacity, other low carbon generation and f...
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