Artificial intelligence boom means Environment Agency He has no idea about the amount of water water that will be less in the coming decades, as data brands do not have to report the amount of what they use to cool their servers.
Public water supplies in England may be short by 5 billion liters per day by 2055 without taking urgent measures to resources for the future, and the government environment organizer has warned, with a shortage of 1 billion liters per day for agriculture, energy generation and the operation of emerging technologies.
However, EA The Guardian sources told that this number 1 billion for the industry did not include the quantities of water that should be used by Datacenterres, because this number was not known. This means that the shortage can be much higher, as data brands often use huge amounts of water.
The sources said that every five years, EA puts the water deficit expectations, but it was difficult to do this this year, due to growth in artificial intelligence, which is one of the most important changes in expected use in recent years. The organizer added that the majority of data brands were using public water supplies instead of alternative sources and that they did not want to stop or transparency on their numbers.
Currently, EA does not have enough data to be able to understand both of these current centers for the current use and their needs.
AI is a pivotal part of the government growth strategy, and this year Keir Starmer announced that it will do so A significant increase in artificial intelligence Capacity and reduce planning restrictions on companies that wanted to build data brands by creating “growth areas” with lower restrictions.
AI Datacentres uses a large amount of water to prevent its servers from the high temperature and close of the servers. The centers contain cooling towers and external air systems, both of which need fresh, fresh water. Amnesty International It consumes between 1.8 and 12 liters of water per kilowatt hour of energy Using via global Microsoft data. one Ticket It is estimated that global artificial intelligence can represent up to 6.6 billion cubic meters of water use by 2027 – the equivalent of nearly Two -thirds England annual consumption.
“The country’s water resources are steadily and increasingly increasing. This deficit not only threatens the water of the tap, but also economic growth and food production,” said Alan Loville, EA.
“Non -sustainable water will be a catastrophic impact on our wild rivers and life. We need to face these challenges directly and enhance work on coordinated work to maintain this valuable resource and our current lifestyle.”
Displaying plans, provided by water companies, include nine water desalination plans, 10 tanks and seven water recycling plans by 2050. You will continue to riseTo pay the price of this infrastructure.
The government also plans to monitor the use of individual household water by offering smart meters, which receive fees on the amount used and allow water and other agencies to track use.
EA said that the climate collapsing will press water supply, as it has become the dryer summer more likely. Thus, the mostly dependent areas on surface water will be more vulnerable to dryness, and may not be constantly raining enough to recharge.
The Times water opened on Tuesday Legal general advice The controversial drought scheme has to pump another millions of a liter of treated wastewater into the Thames River every day. Under the project of 300 million poundsThe Times will extract 75 meters of water a day From the river in southwest London during dehydration and replace it with treated wastewater from one of the largest treatment plants in Europe in Mogaden.
The plan has extracted objections from thousands of people, including the liberal Democrat Monrera Wilson, regarding concerns about affecting the quality of the river water, the effect of chemicals forever, and the negative impact on the environment. EA Times said water He failed to show that the scheme is “possible or environmentally acceptable.” Theme Water loses about 570 million liters per day of leaks on its network, which is more than the specialized water companies.
“Enhancing the offer by building the critical water infrastructure is necessary to protect the drinking water supply. The reality now is clear for the water industry to build on the success of the Tideway project, which was opened with a value of 5 billion pounds recently by moving forward to connect an expanded pipeline from 30 large projects that we need in England and Wales. “
