UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought

Matthew Gault / 404media - As Britain experiences one of its worst droughts in decades, its leaders suggest people get rid of old data to reduce stress on data centers.

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You must be sh*ting me! UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought https://www.404media.co/uk-asks-people-to-delete-emails-in-order-to-save-water-during-drought/

6 months / bsky / @nohillside.ch / nohillside.ch

In the UK, the water shortage is so bad that the government is urging citizens to help save water by deleting old emails. It really helps lighten the load on water hungry datacenters, you see.

6 months / bsky / @404media.co / 404media.co

UK government suggests deleting files to save water

6 months / theverge / Justine Calma

You've got drought: UK gov suggests you save water by . . . deleting old emails

6 months / theregister / Tobias Mann

UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought

6 months / 404media / Matthew Gault

UK government inexplicably tells citizens to delete old emails and pictures to save water during national drought — 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'

6 months / tomshardware

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