Water Supply: Data Centres

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abstraction licences have been granted to data centre operators in each year since 2022; and in how many cases the site is in an area classified as water-stressed.

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1. 9 October 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abstraction licences have been granted to data centre operators in each year since 2022; and in how many cases the site is in an area classified as water-stressed.

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2. 19 October 2026

   Answer

   Most data centres use public water supplies for cooling. Where abstraction from the environment is required, the Environment Agency would only grant a licence where there is a reasonable need, the abstraction is sustainable and water will be used efficien...

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