Ahead of land, consent or even capital, it is the supply and treatment of water that is impacting the growth of housing, renewables and digital infrastructure in many areas. In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, James Cattermole, ​​​​Partner - Infrastructures at Carter Jonas takes a look at water as a limiting factor on economic growth.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has launched a new inquiry on environmental impacts of data centres in the UK, as Energy Secretary Ed Miliband says future energy demand from data centres “remains inherently uncertain”.

A new report from BSI and Waterwise analyses global data centre capacity and water security levels to ensure sustainable growth of the data center market.

A new high-tech solar-powered streetlight, iLamp, made by British greentech firm Conflow Power Group, provides a unique solution to a growing global AI power and water consumption crisis.– reducing the carbon footprint to near-zero while supplying the world’s first autonomous AI distributed data centre.