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HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: LegislationI think the noble Viscount is very well aware that we have taken a rather different approach, in that we are proposing regulation largely through the existing regulators rather…21 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: LegislationI thank the right reverend Prelate for that question. I gave quite an extensive Answer on water and AI last week. There are specific requirements for places that could host the…21 Jul 2025HANSARDARIA: Scoping Our Planet ProgrammeI will not get into whether it was or was not that, but I say again that we have no plans to bring ARIA under the Freedom of Information Act, which I think is important. If we go…08 Jul 2025HANSARDData Centres: Energy and Water ConsumptionThe Government are aiming to designate data centres as a type of commercial project to be considered under the nationally significant infrastructure projects plan, allowing the…08 Jul 2025HANSARDData Centres: Energy and Water ConsumptionThe Government believe that the best way to deliver price reductions for clean power is the clean power 2030 mission, so that the marginal price of electricity is set by gas less…08 Jul 2025HANSARDARIA: Scoping Our Planet ProgrammeI have not looked at that specific point, but I accept that that is indeed a possibility. The Freedom of Information Act has an enormous number of important roles, but it can be…08 Jul 2025HANSARDData Centres: Energy and Water ConsumptionThe latest data suggests that it is about 2.5% of total energy consumption. That will increase, and is being taken into account. It is clearly important that, as we move to more…08 Jul 2025HANSARDARIA: Scoping Our Planet ProgrammeI thank the noble Lord for his comments. I agree that ARIA has got off to a tremendous start under the leadership of Ilan Gur, who will leave his role when a new CEO is…08 Jul 2025HANSARDARIA: Scoping Our Planet ProgrammeIt has been known for a little while that Ilan Gur would return to the US, where his family is now back. I know, because I was on the board of ARIA for a period before I took up…08 Jul 2025HANSARDARIA: Scoping Our Planet ProgrammePerhaps unsurprisingly, I do not carry that figure in my head. I can tell my noble friend that ARIA has spent 300 hours over the past few months dealing with requests under the…08 Jul 2025HANSARDARIA: Scoping Our Planet ProgrammeI thank the noble Lord for his question. I know that he is prone to shaking his head when Ministers answer. I fear that I may give him a neck injury during this answer. Of course…08 Jul 2025HANSARDData Centres: Energy and Water ConsumptionI have given answers on the data centres. The broader question of AI has been looked at by a number of publications, including recently in the journal Natur e , which looked at…08 Jul 2025HANSARDData Centres: Energy and Water ConsumptionThe right reverend Prelate is right that water is a very large issue for data centres, as they consume large amounts of it. There are now technologies that reduce that use, such…08 Jul 2025HANSARDData Centres: Energy and Water ConsumptionThe AI growth zones can be distributed right the way around the country. There is a very specific plan for each of those proposals, and they must be looked at with local…08 Jul 2025HANSARDData Centres: Energy and Water ConsumptionThe Government are actively monitoring the data centre sector and published the first government estimate of data centre capacity on 1 May, including measures indicating energy…08 Jul 2025HANSARDData Centres: Energy and Water ConsumptionThe AI Energy Council is set up as a joint council between the Secretary of States for DESNZ and for DSIT. The noble Earl is right that, at the moment, around 2.5% of current…08 Jul 2025HANSARDData Centres: Energy and Water ConsumptionThe proposal process for AI growth zones, which is where the big data centres will be placed, started in early February and ended at the end of February. Over 50 proposals have…08 Jul 2025HANSARDARIA: Scoping Our Planet ProgrammeDARPA is a much larger organisation and the ARPA family overall probably has close to 1,000 people working in it in total. DARPA is covered by the US Act, but it has a much larger…08 Jul 2025HANSARDARIA: Scoping Our Planet ProgrammeARIA fully complies with its responsibilities under the Environmental Information Regulations. ARIA is committed to transparency; it publishes regular information on its…08 Jul 2025HANSARDAI Opportunities Action PlanThere are three approaches to making sure that we get consistency and appropriate regulation and support, as the noble Lord suggested. The first is that the regulators look after…05 Jun 2025