Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 26896
Data Centres: Planning
Tabled: 28 January 2025
Answered: 5 February 2025
Question
Nick Timothy
Conservative — West Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his policies on the construction of off-grid infrastructure for new data centres, including on (a) gas-fired power plants, (b) nuclear p
Answer
Michael ShanksData centres are normally connected to the transmission and distribution grid rather than off-grid connection as this gives them resilience to planned and forced outages of an individual power source. Consequently, my Department has not made any assessmen...
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