We can solve water scarcity, but it's going to need a lot of energy

Clean energy can power data centres. Desalination needs it too

“Water, water, every where / And all the boards did shrink / Water, water, every where / Nor any drop to drink” - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1797–98

Many of us take access to clean drinking water for granted. While some people complain about this, I actually think it’s a good thing because it means that we don’t know what i…