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UK Government Suggests Deleting Digital Files to Save Water

Data center cooling linked to water consumption in drought

12 August 2025 · 23:31 UTC

The UK’s National Drought Group has suggested that citizens delete old emails and digital files to help reduce water consumption, citing the high water demands of data centers used to store online data.

The proposal comes amid a nationally significant water shortfall.