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Data Centres: Waste Heat Recovery |
| Question ID: |
1783571 |
| UIN: |
HL5665 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-11 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5026 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Freeman of Steventon
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Baroness Freeman of Steventon
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use heat recovery systems in artificial intelligence growth zones, such as Culham, to combine the cooling of data infrastructure with the heating of local homes and amenities. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-25 |
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false |
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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: |
Data centres produce significant heat, most of which is currently wasted into the environment. The technology exists to capture this heat and reuse it in district heating networks, or for heat intensive industries. We welcome the inclusion of heat recover... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |