Golf Courses vs. Data Centers: The Water War Is a Lie
The loudest criticism of AI data centers — water consumption — collapses on contact with data. US data centers use 17 billion gallons annually; American golf courses use 531 billion gallons — 31 times more. California almond farming alone consumes 1 trillion gallons — 60 times all data centers combined. The anti-AI water narrative is, as Salim Ismail puts it, 'completely non-data-driven garbage.'
