[ExI] the bee's take on data centers

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Babylon Bee: 8 Scary Facts about Data Centers

 

AI uses a lot of power, and it needs massive data centers to support it.
That's why, despite data centers having existed for decades, people are
suddenly running for the hills. But do they have a reason to be afraid? You
be the judge.

Here are the scariest facts about data centers:

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1.	Data centers are the ugliest buildings on earth: Ancient Greeks
never built utilitarian buildings.
2.	They're almost as bad as nuclear power plants: And 100 times more
deadly.
3.	They drink up one whole ocean per ChatGPT query: We might need the
oceans at some point in the future.
4.	They use so much power that everyone nearby is forced to become
Amish: And if you're Amish, you won't be allowed to watch Dune: Part Three.
Horrifying.
5.	Dangerous levels of EMF and radiation can affect human health:
Methuselah lived to the age of 969 when there were no data centers around.
You think that's just a coincidence?
6.	Powering a single data center requires the opening of a Hellmouth:
Is that what we really need? More Hellmouths?
7.	Data centers are the last step before the vast farms filled with
crops of human beings to feed them: You will now be food for the machines.
8.	There's one behind you right now: Run! Run for your lives!

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Are you frightened? Not nearly frightened enough. What else is scary about
data centers? Post your most terrifying facts please.

 

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