Nick Perry argues that water consumption isn't the real reason people oppose data centers. Golf courses and almond farms use far more water, he says, but the actual concern is job loss as AI reshapes the economy. Perry claims AI will boost GDP and prosperity, and that resisting it will leave people behind.
Everybody that's crying about data centers sucking up a bunch of water, this is how much water golf courses take up in the United States right here. This is how much water data centers take up in the United States. So you guys that are afraid of water consumption, you're full of shit. Almond farming takes up even more than all of this, just almond farming. So why don't we ban almond farming? Why don't we ban golf courses nationwide? You guys are lying, okay? The crux of what you guys are complaining about, you anti-data center people, is that you're afraid that this stuff's coming for your job. You don't know what is going to happen in the next 5 years, and you're just afraid, okay? When in reality, if you look at AI, it is going to lift the GDP, it's going to help everybody, and, you know, get you into a place of abundance. If you do not lean into technology, you are going to end up in the permanent underclass. But stop the bullshit. It's about electricity and water has nothing to do with that. They pay for their own electricity, and they don't use that much water.
