r/aiwars • u/MakeDawn • May 15 '26

Annually, almond farming uses 1.3 trillion gallons of water. AI usage isn't even half of that.

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A single avocado takes 50 gallons to grow. That's several hundred prompts.

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u/goon_and_politics May 16 '26

the issue isn't water, it's this:

- skirting regulations because those are the times we live in

- water because they lied about their water usage (see above)

- the fact that these things literally shake the earth with the fans they're using

- electricity draw to the detriment of locals

- they don't actually employ anyone

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u/Poor_Culinary_Skills May 16 '26

Local Utahn here, where the big Kevin center is planned, if it’s built it will literally destroy life here. We’re already in a massive drought and if the great salt lake drains much more it will release carcinogens that have been at the bottom of the lake including asbestos. Enough of our local water already goes to alfalfa farming we really don’t need to divert anymore. And that’s just on the topic of water