Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 118684
Data Centres: Foreign Investment in UK
Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026
Question
Sir Mark Hendrick
Labour (Co-op) — Preston
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that inward investment agreements for new datacentres include binding requirements on energy efficiency, renewable power sourcing and heat-
Answer
Kanishka NarayanThe government is committed to ensuring that new data centres and AI infrastructure are developed responsibly, with due consideration of environmental impacts.UK data and AI infrastructure is subject to the UK’s environmental and planning frameworks, whic...
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