Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK's energy capacity to ensure that energy prices remain stable despite the increasing use of artificial intelligence.

The Government is committed to including data centres as part of its strategic energy plans and has established the AI Energy Council. The Council will continue to identify any barriers to the growth of AI and data centres in the UK, and ensure the growth supports our clean power mission, which includes a commitment to protect consumers.

In general, the way to keep energy prices stable with increasing demand for electricity is to make the electricity wholesale price reflect the much cheaper wholesale price of clean energy. Over this Parliament the Government will be working relentlessly to achieve that.