| Heading: |
Artificial Intelligence: Data Centres |
| Question ID: |
1789136 |
| UIN: |
HL6203 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1796 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Taylor of Warwick
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Lord_ofWarwick
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Lord_ofWarwick
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to attract more private investment into the UK for the construction of new AI data centres. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-09 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5363 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Vallance of Balham
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Vallance of Balham
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| Answer text: |
This Government is committed to supporting data centre builds in the UK and removing barriers to sustainable development, including reviewing and improving grid connections and exploring other ways to provide capacity.Since last July, over £40 billion has... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |