If the drought stretches on, further restrictions on water use might be put in place to preserve water supplies.
Per water regulator Ofwat, a non-essential use ban (NEUB) is a more serious step that water companies can take if dry conditions continue following a hosepipe ban.
Politics UK shared that ministers have been “told to prepare for a ban on car washes, window washing and refilling private swimming pools”, to which commenters unanimously aired concerns over data centres.
“Let’s ban data centres needlessly guzzling water,” read the top comment, which had garnered over 4,000 likes at the time of writing.
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