Artificial Intelligence: Data Centres
(asked on 10th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they will use to assess where to implement new AI Growth Zones.
Answered by
Lord Vallance of Balham
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government will lay out the formal selection process in spring. Local and regional authorities along with industry will be able to nominate themselves to host an AI Growth Zone (AIGZs).
AIGZs will be designed to ensure AI infrastructure developers have access to the power they need to rapidly scale and, are supported via streamlined planning processes.
On Monday 10 February, local and regional authorities, along with industry, were invited to come forward with potential sites suitable for hosting AI infrastructure as an early expression of interest.