Water will be saved by deleting emails, files and old photos! UK government made a unique appeal, know what is the whole matter

Britain is currently going through the most severe drought situation since 1976. Five areas have been officially declared drought-hit, while six other areas have been lacking rain for a long time.

Britain: Britain is currently going through the most severe drought situation since 1976. Five areas have been officially declared drought-hit, while six other areas have been lacking rain for a long time. The level of rainfall in the country has been very low in the last six months and the situation is not likely to improve even in August. Rivers and reservoirs are shrinking, due to which the government is taking every possible step to save water.

Unique digital advice of the government

The UK government led by Keir Starmer gave general tips to save water such as collecting rainwater, fixing leakage, reducing bathing time and avoiding watering the lawn. But along with these practical measures, a shocking suggestion was also added to delete old emails and photos. The government says that data centers use huge amounts of water to keep their systems cool and deleting old digital data will reduce the pressure on them.

Experts object

Technical experts believe that this advice will not help much in saving water in practical terms. Some data centers do indeed use water-based cooling systems, but most of the water and energy is consumed in high-level computing tasks (such as running AI models or video streaming) and not in storing years-old photos or emails. Many storage drives remain inactive for a long time, due to which their impact on water and electricity is very low.

It can also have adverse effects

Experts also say that if files are deleted on a large scale, then this process may consume additional energy and water, due to which this step can have adverse effects. Another important fact is that all the cloud data of British citizens is not necessarily stored in Britain.

Even if a user deletes the data and it is located in a data center in another country, the effect of saving water will be there, not in the UK. Since there is no law in the country that forces data to be kept only on domestic servers, the effect of this advice may be limited.