Question follow-through · 8368
Data Centres: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many data centre projects in Scotland are currently seeking electricity grid connections; and what potential aggregate capacity in gigawatts those applications represent.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many data centre projects in Scotland are currently seeking electricity grid connections; and what potential aggregate capacity in gigawatts those applications represent.
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jun 2026
Answer published
National Energy System Operator shows around 72.8 GW of capacity allocated to data centres in the GB connection queue across transmission and distribution. It is not currently possible to provide a specific figure for data centre projects in Scotland. Gov...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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