Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 96026
Energy Supply: Data Centres
Tabled: 1 December 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025
Question
Mr Angus MacDonald
Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of electricity demand from AI-related data centres on electricity prices.
Answer
Michael ShanksThe Government is committed to ensuring electricity networks can meet rising electricity demand, including from data centres, and to protecting consumer bills. Locating data centres where there is excess renewable generation could lower constraint costs, ...
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