this kind of thing annoys me because they think a "big" number makes the argument without any context for how much that really is.
this means it would take 150-300 gpt questions to match the water cost of a single almond pic.twitter.com/LDNDyARCvL
— Aaron (@AaronEstel) April 18, 2025
And all modern data centers (thus, 99.98% of them) are closed-loop so the water cost is basically 0.
The energy cost, on the other hand, is fairly substantial. Which is why we need fucktons of solar, wind, nuclear, etc. We need energy abundance, not this wanker degrowther clown shit.