Golf courses and almond farms use orders of magnitude more water than datacenters
aronchick · x · 2026-11-07
Discussing the datacenter water-use debate, aronchick argues golf courses and almond farming consume orders of magnitude more water than datacenters. The quoted tweet sarcastically supports shutting golf courses down.
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