Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 69939
UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Digital Technology
Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025
Question
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour — Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) planning and (b) regulatory frameworks adequately (i) tackle and (ii) mitigate carbon emissions from high-density digital infrastructure
Answer
Michael ShanksThe way to reduce the carbon intensity of grid-connected digital infrastructure is to reduce the overall carbon intensity of the UK electricity mix. The Clean Power 2030 Action Plan sets out how the Government will achieve this over the next five years, t...
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