Every “I’ll just ask ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini”, every LLM-generated summary, is driving data centres on a mission to
“be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts, dump ‘23 atom bombs worth of energy’ into the environment every day, and terrify locals”
https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/this-ai-data-center-will-be-bigger-than-2-000-walmarts-and-dump-23-atom-bombs-worth-of-energy-into-the-environment-every-day-and-locals-are-terrified
Jonathan Schofield
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2026-05-15 07:10:01 UTC
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