points
12 days ago
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seriously wtf ... it rains all the time there :)
stoobs
12 days ago
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Not anywhere near as much as the stereotypes/memes/etc would have you believe.

Most of the issue though is the water companies funnelling revenue to shareholders and not maintaining the network, so they lose an awful lot of water through leaking pipes.

The privatisation of critical utilities and infrastructure was such a stupid move.

That said, the recommendation is nonsense, emails and photos make up a tiny fraction of the cooling requirements for data centres.

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mytailorisrich
12 days ago
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Currently, because of the warming climate, the UK is actually getting more and more rain. But the problem is that rainfall is also getting more irregular, so it rains a lot then not at all for longer than before.

Overall this is "just" a question of infrastructure, which means long term investments that have dried up (pun intended!) decades ago.

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scrlk
12 days ago
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The regulators determine how much the utilities can spend on maintenance and construction activities, not the companies.

If these activities were not capped, the companies are naturally incentivised to build more to boost their regulated asset value, which means they can make more money.

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plorkyeran
12 days ago
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It is frequently damp, but that doesn't necessarily come with meaningful rainfall.
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KineticLensman
12 days ago
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Rainfall in the UK isn't evenly distributed. The North and West gets much more rain, partly because they are closer to the Atlantic, and also because central hills (e.g. the Pennines) create rain shadows to their east. We also don't have any sort of national grid to move water from wet to drier areas.
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