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evanjrowleytoday at 1:38 PM7 repliesview on HN

Same region all the new data centers are being built. Unfortunately, humans can't eat data like they can wheat.


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RiverCrochettoday at 2:39 PM

DNA is technically data, right?

jeffbeetoday at 1:59 PM

Wheat, being basically worthless, is predominantly not irrigated. A data center that draws water from a river or aquifer is not a rival to wheat, which relies on rain. When farmers have invested in irrigation they largely grow something else that's worth actual money.

phendrenad2today at 3:58 PM

Shark attacks increase relative to ice cream sales. Unless you have some theory that correlates the two, that you're willing to share, we shouldn't entertain this.

Jgrubbtoday at 1:41 PM

"All the new data centers" are being built everywhere.

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Pay08today at 3:01 PM

This doesn't have anything to do with data centres.

9rxtoday at 1:47 PM

You can eat soybeans, though, which are seeing record production thanks to it supplanting what is affectionately known in agriculture circles as poverty grass.

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