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Water: Data Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Ofwat on increased demand on water supply by data centres.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
11 Oct 2024
Target answer date
17 Oct 2024
Answer
17 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Ofwat on increased demand on water supply by data centres.

  2. 17 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Government is implementing a Water Demand Target to reduce the use of public water supply by 20% by 2037/38. As part of this, Defra is working with the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Environment Agency (EA) to determin...

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