Data Centres & Water: Sustainable Digital Growth

Supported by Evides Industriewater and Arup, this webinar explores the critical role water plays in enabling the continued growth of the UK’s digital economy. As demand for cloud services, AI, and high-performance computing accelerates, data centres are scaling rapidly—from tens to hundreds of megawatts per site.

Even with ongoing improvements in cooling efficiency, this scale of development brings significant and often underestimated water requirements. Ensuring that water infrastructure, permitting, and long-term resource planning keep pace will be essential if digital growth is to remain sustainable.

This forward-looking session will address:

• How can water infrastructure and planning frameworks keep pace with rapid data centre expansion?

• What are the most effective strategies for water reuse, recycling, and integrated resource management?

• How can data centre operators, utilities, and planners collaborate to ensure water is an enabler—not a constraint—on growth?