United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 22057
Data Centres: Water
Introduced
28 August 2026
Last action
4 September 2026 · Answer
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Answered
Sponsors
Nadia Whittome
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4 September 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits of introducing a mandatory water-disclosure requirement for data centres.
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28 August 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits of introducing a mandatory water-disclosure requirement for data centres.
Source: Commons
4 September 2026
Answer
The data centre sector is expected to grow in the coming year, and Defra is working across Government to determine how to increase water efficiency and reduce data centre water demand, considering the available and emerging evidence on water use in data c...
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- Nadia Whittome · Labour · Commons
- · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Answering body
- Emma Hardy · Labour · Answering member
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-08-28/22057
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1932568
- uk · wq-1932568 · source updated 4 September 2026