{"id":94054,"date":"2025-08-19T10:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/94054\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T10:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:20:09","slug":"englands-datacentres-use-minimal-water-in-cooling-operations-techuk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/94054\/","title":{"rendered":"England\u2019s datacentres use minimal water in cooling operations, techUK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many sites use waterless cooling systems<\/p>\n

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England\u2019s commercial datacentres are using far less water than many assume, according to a new report<\/a> published by industry group techUK in collaboration with the Environment Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The study, which gathered data from 73 facilities across the England, found that 64% of sites consume fewer than 10,000 cubic metres of water annually, less than the usage of a typical leisure centre. More than half of surveyed sites (51%) reported using entirely waterless cooling systems, while 89% either measure their water use or operate systems that do not require water at all. Only 4% of sites reported using more than 100,000 m\u00b3 per year.<\/p>\n

The report notes that datacentre operators choose cooling technologies according to local conditions. for example, \u201cevaporative cooling is effective in regions with a constrained power grid, while operators may avoid the practice in water-stressed areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Historically, some operators in the UK have used water to cool systems because of its abundance and relative cost, but this trend is starting to shift, it notes.<\/p>\n

These findings counter the perception that datacentres are major water consumers, showing instead that the majority of operators already deploy efficient technologies to minimise water use<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Richard Thompson, deputy director for water resources at the Environment Agency, said:
\u201cI am encouraged by the work techUK have undertaken to better understand water usage, the findings suggest UK datacentres are utilising a range of cooling technologies and becoming more water conscious. Advancements in technology must go hand-in-hand with protecting public water supplies, food security and the environment. It is vital the sector puts sustainability at its heart and minimises water use in line with evolving standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the UK government targeting a 20-fold increase in sovereign computing capacity by 2030, the report stresses that growth must be sustainable and aligned with water and climate goals.<\/p>\n

techUK has urged the government to accelerate reservoir construction, with no new major reservoirs built in more than 30 years and to publish a Water Exploitation Index for each major river basin. It also called for fundamental reform of the UK\u2019s water sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many sites use waterless cooling systems England\u2019s commercial datacentres are using far less water than many assume, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[191,44890,15156,2420,8620,10171,74,63850,24341],"class_list":["post-94054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-computing","tag-computing","tag-critical-infrastructure","tag-datacentre","tag-government","tag-strategy","tag-sustainability","tag-technology","tag-techuk","tag-uk-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}