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How much water does AI use?

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June 5, 2026

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How much water do data centres really use in the UK?

Sky's technology correspondent Rowland Manthorpe visits a "waterless" data centre in London and reveals how much water data centres use in the UK and why the issue is more complicated than it first appears.

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