Data Centres: Energy
Commons · Question 28744 · Tabled 10 Sep 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record
Answered 18 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether receipt of (i) support and (ii) priority access to an electricity-grid connection by a data-centre development will be conditional on compliance with minimum standards for
Answer
Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 18 Sep 2026
The Government is committed to supporting the sustainable growth of the UK's data centre sector reflecting their critical importance to the economy, public services and national security. A limited number of strategically important data centres may be sup...