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The Minister of State, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (Lord Vallance of Balham) (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 8 July 2025

Debate

Data Centres: Energy and Water Consumption

Contribution

The Government are actively monitoring the data centre sector and published the first government estimate of data centre capacity on 1 May, including measures indicating energy use. As part of the Government’s commitment to reduce the use of the public water supply by 20% by 2037-38, Defra is examining how the efficiency of water use in data centres can be improved and the Environment Agency is working to improve the understanding of water and resilience needs.

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