Artificial Intelligence and Data Centres
Commons · Question 24318 · Tabled 15 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on preventing interventions by hostile actors on new (a) AI and (b) data centres.
Answer
Answered by Catherine West, 27 Jan 2025
The National Security & Investment Act 2021 gives the government powers to scrutinise and intervene in business transactions, to protect national security. AI and data infrastructure, which includes data centres, are considered sensitive sectors of th...