Farms use 2,500x more water than data centers, one chart shows
davidpattersonx · x · 2026-11-08
Responding to data center water-use worries, the author shares a linear-scale chart: farm irrigation consumes about 118 billion gallons per day versus roughly 47 million for data centers — a 2,500x gap that renders the data center bar nearly invisible. The takeaway: no need to panic about data center water consumption.
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