1. Purpose of this site
AI Energy Intelligence UK exists to explain, in plain English and with UK figures, how artificial intelligence interacts with electricity demand, data centres, grid infrastructure and energy policy. Everything we publish falls into one of four categories: news, analysis and research, reports and calculators. Each has its own checks, set out below.
2. Independence
We are an independent UK publisher. No energy supplier, data centre operator, AI vendor, political party or lobby group has editorial control, pre-publication review or veto over what appears here. Where a commercial or personal relationship could reasonably be seen to affect coverage, we disclose it on the page and in our AI use and conflicts of interest statement.
3. Sourcing rules
- Every factual claim is traceable to a named, linked source, or is labelled as our own estimate.
- We prioritise primary sources: Ofgem, DESNZ, NESO, National Grid, the ONS, planning authorities, regulators, company filings and peer-reviewed research.
- Secondary reporting is used to point at a primary source, not to replace it. Where only secondary reporting exists, we say so.
- We do not publish figures we cannot attribute. If a number is unknown, we write that it is unknown.
- We do not use anonymous claims, unverifiable leaks or AI-generated "facts" as a source.
4. How the news pipeline works
Our news section is assembled by an automated pipeline with human sign-off. In order, each candidate story is:
- Discovered against a fixed set of UK AI-and-energy topics.
- Filtered for suitability — job vacancies, tag and author index pages, PDFs, paywalled pages, bot walls, error pages and inaccessible URLs are rejected automatically.
- De-duplicated — by source URL and by headline similarity, so the same story from several outlets appears once.
- Tiered by source quality — Tier 1 (government, regulators, primary research bodies), Tier 2 (established news organisations), Tier 3 (specialist or niche publishers).
- Scored — a composite quality score combining source tier, UK relevance, confidence and whether the story contains verifiable data.
- Reviewed — Tier 1 and high-scoring Tier 2 items publish automatically; everything else is held in an editorial queue for a human to approve or reject before it can appear.
Summaries in the news section are AI-assisted and clearly labelled. The original publisher is always named and linked, and we do not republish full articles.
5. Analysis, research and reports
Longer pieces in Analysis & Research and in Reports are written to a fixed structure: the question, the evidence, the assumptions, the answer, and what would change the answer. Before publication we check that:
- every statistic has a source link and a date;
- every calculation can be reproduced from the stated inputs;
- opinion and interpretation are visibly separated from reported fact;
- the piece states clearly where UK evidence is thin or contested.
6. Calculators and models
Our calculators are estimation tools, not measurements. Each one states its assumptions, its default values and their sources on the page. They are intended for orientation and comparison, not for engineering, procurement or investment decisions. Our full approach is described in the research methodology.
7. Uncertainty and labelling
- Reported — sourced from a named publisher or primary document.
- Estimated — produced by our own model, with inputs and assumptions shown.
- Scenario — a hypothetical projection, not a forecast.
- AI-assisted — drafted or summarised with AI support and checked by a human.
Ranges are preferred to single numbers where the underlying evidence is uncertain, and we do not round an estimate into a headline it cannot support.
8. Right of reply
If we make a specific critical claim about a named organisation, we will put it to them and include their response, or note that they were approached and did not respond by the time of publication. Any organisation named on this site can request a right of reply at any time.
9. Complaints and corrections
We correct errors quickly and visibly. Every published correction is logged under our corrections policy. If you believe a page breaches these standards, email info@aienergyintelligence.co.uk with the URL and the specific claim in question.