Folks in the UK are doing it tough right now with droughts sweeping the country. The situation has gotten so bad the government has declared it a "nationally significant incident." Alongside a release with advice on how residents can help save water. Some of these suggestions are great ideas but included amongst them is advice so out of touch I'm beginning to think they found it on a series of tubes.
Tom's Hardware spotted the odd suggestion from the UK government which instructs citizens to "Delete old emails and pictures as data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems." It's especially odd advice coming from a government that wants to go all in on AI and other notoriously water-hungry technologies. It falls in line with the usual key tactic for many large groups when it comes to environmental accountability: shift blame and responsibility to the individual despite their efforts being miniscule in comparison.
