{"value":{"id":1903571,"askingMemberId":1796,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-04-28T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-05-13T00:00:00","uin":"HL16730","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of AI-related data centre energy demand on energy infrastructure; and what steps they are taking to ensure energy demand from those data centres does not increase costs for consumers.","answeringBodyId":215,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Energy Security and Net Zero","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":62,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with the noble Lord.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Energy: Data Centres","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1903571","method":"GET"}]}