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Technology & society

Artificial intelligence, data and digital systems examined through their real effects on people, places and institutions.

Aerial view across Rutland Water reservoir, with the Hambleton Peninsula surrounded by blue water

23 August 2026

The UK is a rainy country — but England is running short of freshwater

Why reservoirs, AI data centres and hosepipe bans are going to demand far more attention as England plans for a possible five-billion-litre-a-day public water deficit by 2055.

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