there is a fuckload of the worst possible water use going on where they farm shit in the desert or have fucked up water use rights from 18 dickety two that needs to be destroyed and reformed, and we'll go after those fuckers right after we sack the datacenters.
this post was submitted on 30 May 2026
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It goes to show that burgerland is run by an aristocracy of stemlords, as like the only times AI is ever truly useful is in vibecoding shit. They don't understand how water is better allocated to farms for, well, food, because I use chatgpt daily to debug my projects and doesn't everyone else????
It is quite good at creating forms, which is why middle management loves it.
It is amazing to me that they made a capitan planet level cartoonists evil system.
Like, if they used seawater no one woudl know or care. But they specifically have to put them where low income neighborhoods used to be
Seawater is significantly more corrosive and harder to use in cooling systems, so it's not profitable. They build where there is significant internet/electricity access (neighbourhoods) and where land is cheap (displace the poor).
So in fairness, these aren't choices borne of maliciousness. It just turns out ruthlessly chasing profit is basically indistinguishable from dedicated evil 
They're helping us out! Eradicating low income neighborhoods!
They're all becoming wealthy now right? 
It's really almost entirely animal ag (for which 75% of all crops in amerikkka are grown). Most locales in north america have local native beans that are highly adapted to the historical hydrological conditions of their home.
for which 75% of all crops are grown
The global average is actually less than half of that. But it is roughly true for the USA apparently. 
USians don't deserve America.
I knew it was lower globally, but I'm somewhat heartened (and extremely disgusted in my neighbors) to hear it's less than half!
So data centers can use untreated ground water like farms, rather than taking from the limited supply of municipal drinking water right? RIGHT?
If you think food is useful wait until you find out about ShamWow!
also slapchop, you're gonna love my nuts
food is not a hypergrowth sector 
check mate farmers
Even then, a lot of the metrics they use to compare water consumption are from intensive agriculture. No shit growing alfalfa in the desert while pumping it full of fertilizer uses tons of water. Let's talk about other forms of agriculture and the picture is different.
Ok but I can generate an AI image of food. /s
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