| Heading: |
Data Centres: Wind Farms |
| Question ID: |
1784178 |
| UIN: |
HL5757 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1796 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Taylor of Warwick
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| Asking Member handle: |
Lord_ofWarwick
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Lord_ofWarwick
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for data centres, which consume high amounts of electricity, to be located near wind farms in Scotland that have previously been turned off due to the electricity grid being u |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-26 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
2024 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
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| Answering Member handle: |
lordphilofbrum
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@lordphilofbrum
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| Answer text: |
Locating electricity demand in areas with high levels of electricity generation can help reduce the costs of managing the electricity system and the amount of new grid infrastructure that is needed. The government is committed to including data centres as... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |