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Farming alfalfa in the desert has to be one of worst business ideas I’ve read.

• jeffbee 1y ago
  And yet ... Nevada has > 120000 hectares under irrigated cultivation for hay.
  • troyvit 1y ago
    That is truly stupid, but is putting a data center there any less stupid?
    • jeffbee 1y ago
      It is a bit less stupid, yes, because of the abundance of energy. The same reason it makes sense to make batteries and cars and stuff in Nevada.
      • troyvit 1y ago
        Cool I didn't know that Nevada had any abundance of energy (and it's practically a neighbor). I was thinking of water issues surrounding cooling and stuff, as well as data delivery to get information off those 120k hectares. Still, I can see how it's much easier than hay making.
        • jeffbee 1y ago
          Nevada has two major energy assets: the sun[1], and a huge wire that runs from the Pacific Northwest to Los Angeles[2]. 1: https://www.nrel.gov/docs/libraries/gis/high-res-images/solar-annual-ghi-2018-usa-scale-01.jpg https://www.nrel.gov/docs/libraries/gis/high-res-images/sola... 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_DC_Intertie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_DC_Intertie