Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 24698

Carbon Emissions: Artificial Intelligence

Tabled: 17 January 2025

Answered: 23 January 2025

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Question

Claire Coutinho

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the AI Opportunities Action Plan on trends in the level of carbon emissions.

Answer

Kerry McCarthy

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has contracted European Economic Research Limited to analyse the future net energy demand of AI and the National Electricity System Operator (NESO) is investigating the future power consumption of data centr...

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