Question follow-through · 50349
Energy: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the energy used to run artificial intelligence technologies on the UK's net-zero emissions targets.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 6 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 May 2025
- Answer
- 14 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
6 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the energy used to run artificial intelligence technologies on the UK's net-zero emissions targets.
8 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 May 2025
Answer published
Embracing the opportunities that AI can provide to drive growth and productivity in the economy is a government objective. Building the low carbon economy of the future will lead to significant increases in electricity demand across many sectors. These pr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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