Data Centres: Water Supply

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of data centres on water supplies in the East of England.


Answered by
Emma Hardy Portrait
Emma Hardy
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 4th September 2026

The data centre sector is expected to grow in the coming year, and Defra is working across Government to determine how to increase water efficiency and reduce data centre water demand, considering the available and emerging evidence on water use in data centres.

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