Data Centres
Commons · Question 27888 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Yasmin Qureshi
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring datacentre operators to report on the purpose and end use of their computing capacity as a condition of planning ap
Answer
Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 16 Sep 2026
The UK needs domestic data centre capacity to support critical workloads that drive economic growth, deliver public services, and protect national security. That is why the Government has designated specific data centres as Critical National Infrastructur...