{"slug": "not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says", "title": "Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says", "summary": "The UK will not have enough water for future datacentres, the water industry has said in stark criticism of the government's AI growth plans. Datacentres rely on large amounts of water to manage heat from servers, and the trade body warns that the government's failure to address cooling demands makes AI growth plans 'fatally flawed'.", "body_md": "# Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says\n\nBy Pippa Neill Environment reporterSource:\n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’\n\nThe UK will not have enough water for future datacentres, the water industry has said in stark criticism of the government’s AI growth plans.\n\nDatacentres rely on large amounts of water to manage the heat generated by densely packed servers. Cooling towers, chillers and humidification systems make direct use of this water, with large volumes also consumed indirectly through high electrical power needs.\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/21/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says-oxni", "published_at": "2026-07-21 04:00:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 05:34:04.896279+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["The Guardian", "UK government"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says.jsonld"}}