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← BlogmarksWater-use for data centers versus almonds
https://bsky.app/profile/mtsw.bsky.social/post/3mo22c3iirs2e"2.5 billion gallons" sounds like a lot but is about 2 tenths of 1% of the amount of water (approx 5 million acre-feet per year) used to grow almonds just in California.
This is in response to a report from Amazon that their global data-center operations withdrew 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025.
Related: The AI Water Issue is Fake