United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 101285
Carbon Emissions: Data Centres
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17 December 2025
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of electricity demand from AI-related data centres on his net zero targets.
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17 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of electricity demand from AI-related data centres on his net zero targets.
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9 January 2026
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The Government received independent advice from NESO on achieving clean power by 2030, published in November 2024. This allowed for a fourfold increase in data centre electricity demand between then and 2030, within an overall conclusion that clean power ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-17/101285
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1865605
- uk · wq-1865605 · source updated 9 January 2026