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While we're ordered to not use hosepipes, a single artificial intelligence data centre can use the same amount of H2O as 3,000 homes. That's why the drive to turn Britain into an AI superpower could leave us gasping for water

  • Ross Clark--Dailymail.com
  • published date: 2026-08-29 21:01:49 UTC

A data centre's water consumption goes up massively during the hot summer weather - at precisely the time water is most likely to be in short supply

It rained in Slough last week but like most of southern England it has spent the last month sweltering under a hosepipe ban.  Its lawns and parks remain parched and brown and children's paddling poo… [+11975 chars]