Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 121991
Energy: Data Centres
Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 27 March 2026
Question
Graham Leadbitter
Scottish National Party — Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the volume of data centre projects in the electricity transmission connections queue on network capacity and system costs.
Answer
Michael ShanksThe Department is aware of the volume of data centre projects in the connections queue, and on 12 March, published a consultation on measures to manage oversubscription and secure capacity for viable data centre projects, while meeting the needs of the en...
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