Data Centres
Commons · Question 58208 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Ofgem's readiness criteria for the UK data centre sector on growth in that sector.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 16 Jun 2025
The Government has worked closely with Ofgem and NESO on major reforms to the grid connections process. These reforms are expected to deprioritise up to 500GW of excess generation and storage capacity from the connections queue, freeing up capacity for vi...