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Artificial Intelligence: Renewable Energy

Asked by Helen MaguireLiberal DemocratDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 4 November 2025UIN 85650

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage companies building AI infrastructure to use renewable energy.

Answered by Michael Shanks

The Government is determined to facilitate the deployment of data centres in ways that are compatible with its Clean Power 2030 ambition. Through the AI Energy Council and its working groups, it has brought the energy and tech industries together at the highest levels to consider the ways in which data centres can be powered by reliable low-carbon generation.

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