Comment by jeffbee
4 months ago
Really? What are some similar sized projects? An alfalfa farm in the desert, for example, employs almost nobody, pays nothing in taxes (may even be a net consumer of taxes due to subsidies) and consumes 100x-1000x the water. These are the direct tradeoffs for new Nevada data centers.
Farming alfalfa in the desert has to be one of worst business ideas I’ve read.
And yet ... Nevada has > 120000 hectares under irrigated cultivation for hay.
That is truly stupid, but is putting a data center there any less stupid?
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