Question follow-through · 58208
Data Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Ofgem's readiness criteria for the UK data centre sector on growth in that sector.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Ofgem's readiness criteria for the UK data centre sector on growth in that sector.
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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16 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Government has worked closely with Ofgem and NESO on major reforms to the grid connections process. These reforms are expected to deprioritise up to 500GW of excess generation and storage capacity from the connections queue, freeing up capacity for vi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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