Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 18225

Energy: Artificial Intelligence

Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 21 July 2026

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the data-centre capacity required to deliver the grid applications identified in the Interim AI Adoption Plan: Clean Energy.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Department has not produced an estimate of the data-centre capacity required specifically for the grid applications identified in the Interim AI Adoption Plan: Clean Energy. The Government is, however, undertaking broader analysis of the potential gro...

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