Altman: 38,000 ChatGPT Queries Use as Much Water as One Almond
danshipper · x · 2026-09-03
Sam Altman claimed that every 38,000 ChatGPT queries consume as much water as producing a single California almond. The comparison quickly became a meme, with users joking "every time I do 38,000 queries on ChatGPT I eat an almond to celebrate." Data center water usage has drawn growing scrutiny as AI scales, and Altman's framing turned the almond into AI's newest running joke.
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