Asked by: Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average size of a UK industrial site by land area.
Answered by Lord Vallance of Balham - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology does not hold information on the average size of a UK industrial site by land area.
Asked by: Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the physical size of the UK industrial production sector in terms of land area.
Answered by Lord Vallance of Balham - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology does not hold information on the physical size of the UK industrial production sector in terms of land area.
Asked by: Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the increase in data centre capacity, as measured in megawatts, in the UK for each year since 2008.
Answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Government has not collected figures on the growth of data centre capacity but has monitored the market periodically and through industry engagement. Other sources for this historical data are available, through Tech UK or CBRE's market outlooks for example.
The Government’s estimate, of the UK’s data centre capacity, defined as the maximum rated IT load of colocation data centres, is broken down by region in a table below. This is estimated as of Autumn 2024.
NUTS 1 Region | IT power (MW) |
North West | 52 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 16 |
London | 1,048 |
South West | 53 |
South East | 128 |
Scotland | 30 |
West Midlands | 15 |
East Midlands | 9 |
Wales | 154 |
East | 44 |
North East | 17 |
Total 1.6 GW
Asked by: Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is UK data centre capacity, as measured in megawatts, by region.
Answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Government has not collected figures on the growth of data centre capacity but has monitored the market periodically and through industry engagement. Other sources for this historical data are available, through Tech UK or CBRE's market outlooks for example.
The Government’s estimate, of the UK’s data centre capacity, defined as the maximum rated IT load of colocation data centres, is broken down by region in a table below. This is estimated as of Autumn 2024.
NUTS 1 Region | IT power (MW) |
North West | 52 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 16 |
London | 1,048 |
South West | 53 |
South East | 128 |
Scotland | 30 |
West Midlands | 15 |
East Midlands | 9 |
Wales | 154 |
East | 44 |
North East | 17 |
Total 1.6 GW