Anders Sandberg
Given that leaks are responsible for about 400 times the water usage of data centers, there is an obvious win-win solution: approve as many data centers as the market wants, but they have to fix at least twice as much leakage as they want to use water.
Pippa Neill
Datacentres in England use an estimated 6.6 million litres of drinking water every day. Jon Chappel, Water UK’s deputy director, said this was “unforgivable” and a “genuine failing of government”. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/21/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says