Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 121994

Waste Heat Recovery: 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 consideration his Department has given to requiring new data centres seeking electricity network connections to assess opportunities to utilise waste heat.

Answer

Michael Shanks

The Department is looking at how waste heat from data centres can be used to support the development of large scale, strategic heat networks. Through heat network zoning, certain buildings and heat sources, including data centres, can be required to conne...

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