We’re being asked to save two buckets of water a day. Meanwhile data centres drink a town’s worth
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England is heading for a 5bn-litre daily water shortfall by 2055 – so why is the government fast-tracking one of the most water-hungry industries there is, and letting it keep its consumption private, asks campaigner Adele Walton
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