Electricity Generation
Commons · Question 26554 · Tabled 2 Sep 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 7 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many proposed data centres have (a) requested and (b) received an electricity-grid connection offer; what their combined requested capacity is; and what assessment has been made of the po
Answer
Answered by Martin McCluskey, 7 Sep 2026
Data collected in 2025 and published by the National Energy System Operator shows 72.8 GW of capacity allocated to data centres in the GB connection queue across transmission and distribution. It is not currently possible to provide a count of individual ...