Energy: Artificial Intelligence

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the computational and energy requirements of (a) the machine learning and optimisation techniques used for electricity network managemen

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1. 13 July 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the computational and energy requirements of (a) the machine learning and optimisation techniques used for electricity network managemen

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2. 21 July 2026

   Answer

   Machine learning is not currently used for electricity grid management. Any future energy required will depend on how machine learning will be used. The UK Government contracted Europe Economics to research whether future electricity demand from AI data c...

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