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UK water forecasts "fatally flawed" by excluding data centers

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Water UK, a trade organization representing water companies in Britain and Northern Ireland, has informed Members of Parliament that the government's water supply forecasts are fundamentally flawed. These forecasts reportedly fail to account for the significant water demands of data centers, a critical omission given the rapid expansion of data center infrastructure. AI

IMPACT Expansion of AI and data centers may be constrained by critical infrastructure limitations like water supply.

RANK_REASON Trade body commentary on government policy and infrastructure planning.

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UK water forecasts "fatally flawed" by excluding data centers

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Water UK, the trade body that represents water companies in Britain and Northern Ireland, said in a publicly available written briefing to MPs that the governme

    Water UK, the trade body that represents water companies in Britain and Northern Ireland, said in a publicly available written briefing to MPs that the government’s water forecasts were “fatally flawed” and “explicitly exclude” datacentres. Well, there's a surprise. # AI # DataCe…

    LINKS theguardian.com/…/not-enough-water-for-uk…

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