english: It's not a particularly great metaphor in these times, especially if you live around the Gulf of Mexico, but I would, perhaps, adapt this metaphor slightly, and I would say that data is the new soil.
non_english: U današnje vreme to i nije naročito uspela metafora, naročito ako živite u blizini Meksičkog zaliva, zato bih je malo prilagodio, i rekao bih da su podaci plodno tlo današnjice.