Data Centres: Planning
Commons · Question 26897 · Tabled 28 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of building new data centres on (a) sites of decommissioned power stations and (b) other brownfield sites.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 5 Feb 2025
The suitability of any site for a data centre depends on a number of factors including grid capacity, state of grid infrastructure and availability of data connectivity. Future AI Growth Zones will be selected taking into account these factors.