I guess if the idea was "choose between all the world's almonds and all the world's data centers, which is more valuable" ya but the point isn't that, the point is that you could supply 100% of the world's data centers with water for like 3% of the almond crop which no one would even notice
@vcbsmith.bsky.socialCalifornia grows 80% of the world's almonds. To be sure, almond cultivation uses a ton of water and most grown in CA will be exported. People will argue about whether or not that represents a good use of California's water but it is incontrovertible that almonds feed people. Data centers do not.
