Data Centres: Energy
2026-07-19 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · HL2360 · Official question
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of electricity network connection delays on the delivery of artificial intelligence data centre developments.
Answer
The Government recognises that growth in AI and data centres is increasing electricity demand and that grid connection delays are a major barrier to new capacity in the UK.To address this, the Government is reforming the connections process to better supp...