The British government has urged people to “play their part” and delete old emails in a bid to lower internet server water usage amid drought conditions even as water companies nationwide lose 660 million gallons of water a day to leaks.
Following a meeting of the UK’s National Drought Group, the government’s Environment Agency has urged the public to begin mass deleting old emails and cloud photos.
While individual users clearing their inboxes or scrapping old photographs would likely have minimal impact, the agency claimed that a widespread effort could reduce the amount of water used to cool internet servers.
The government has said that despite recent rainfall, five areas of the country are currently in drought and a further six are in
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