Energy: Data Centres
2026-06-29 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · 14732 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to Answer of 19 June 2026 to Question 8970, whether his Department has established a maximum planning assumption for electricity demand from AI-capable data centres.
Answer
The Department’s published energy demand forecasts do not separately identify or report electricity demand from data centres. Instead, data centres are included within broader economic and sectoral electricity demand projections, including the wider compu...