Written Question·Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade ·UIN HL2360
Data Centres: Energy
Tabled: 20 July 2026
Answered: 3 August 2026
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of electricity network connection delays on the delivery of artificial intelligence data centre developments.
Answer
The Government recognises that growth in AI and data centres is increasing electricity demand and that grid connection delays are a major barrier to new capacity in the UK.To address this, the Government is reforming the connections process to better supp...
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