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HL HL5757
Data Centres: Wind Farms
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12 March 2025
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26 March 2025 · Answer
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for data centres, which consume high amounts of electricity, to be located near wind farms in Scotland that have previously been turned off due to the electricity grid being u
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12 March 2025
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for data centres, which consume high amounts of electricity, to be located near wind farms in Scotland that have previously been turned off due to the electricity grid being u
Source: Lords
26 March 2025
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Locating electricity demand in areas with high levels of electricity generation can help reduce the costs of managing the electricity system and the amount of new grid infrastructure that is needed. The government is committed to including data centres as...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-12/HL5757
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1784178
- uk · wq-1784178 · source updated 26 March 2025