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Artificial Intelligence: Data Centres

Asked by Helen MaguireLiberal DemocratDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 11 July 2025UIN 64931

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help mitigate the environmental impacts of AI data centres in relation to the target of Net Zero by 2050.

Answered by Michael Shanks

The Government’s forecasts for data centre demand to 2030 are consistent with its Clean Power 2030 Action Plan. The Government expects to be able to meet this demand through its plans to increase renewable power capacity, other low carbon generation and flexible and dispatchable power.

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