[ExI] the bee's take on data centers

[Brent Allsop]

 9. Data Centers pollute.  (You won't be able to breathe if one is near
you.)
10. Data Centers block out the sun. (It'll cause the next ice age.)

On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 12:06 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Babylon Bee: 8 Scary Facts about Data Centers
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> 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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