Question follow-through · 121992
Energy: Data Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish the data centre strategy; and whether that strategy will include measures on managing electricity network capacity, energy system and environmental impacts.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 27 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish the data centre strategy; and whether that strategy will include measures on managing electricity network capacity, energy system and environmental impacts.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Department is working closely with the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology to understand the strategic need for data centres in Great Britain, including their energy system and environmental impacts. Government will say more on this in du...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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