Written question asked by Nick Timothy (Conservative) on Friday, 21 February 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 February 2025. It was answered by Michael Shanks (Labour) on Monday, 3 March 2025 on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Data Centres: Planning
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 26897 on Data Centres: Planning, what assessment his Department has made of the grid (a) capacity and (b) infrastructure that will be required for new data centres.
- Answer
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The National Electricity System Operator (NESO) is investigating the future power consumption of data centres, as well as grid constraints, lead times for developers, and how to improve connection processes.
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- 32673
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- 2024-26
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- Subjects
- Brownfield sites Infrastructure Planning Power stations Data centres
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