Data Centres: Water Supply
Commons · Question 27893 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 14 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Yasmin Qureshi
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with Water UK regarding its warning that the UK does not have sufficient water resources to support planned datacentre expansion.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 14 Sep 2026
WaterUK regularly attends Defra's Water Delivery Taskforce, chaired by the Minister of State for Water and Flooding, Emma Hardy, which brings together Government, regulators and industry and is working to improve the evidence on data centre water use. Cur...