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That is a data center investment hype blog. It’s also dishonest to compare resources used growing food to resources used so that Chase in accounting can generate a nude image of someone, fake reports, etc.
Ok, but they give sources and get into the numbers, and out of all the articles on the first page of seach results about the comparison that I looked at it seemed like the best source. The point isn't that almonds are worse than data centers, I just don't think the specific claim that almonds use less water than data centers is true and so I am refuting it. I didn't find any sources that tried to support that claim, but I'd read them if you know of any.