Why everyone hates data centers but loves ChatGPT #AI #Tech #Shorts

10 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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TJ Walker jokes that asking ChatGPT to write an anti-data-center speech is like asking a cow to design a steakhouse menu. He skewers the euphemism of the "cloud," which hides massive industrial cooling facilities, and notes that Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: they want unlimited technology as long as the equipment stays out of their neighborhoods.

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Imagine asking ChatGPT to write your speech against data centers. That's asking the cow to design the steakhouse menu. Make it passionate. Explain why the building keeps you alive is an abomination. And give me 3 stronger openings. This one feels lazy. The computer is drafting its own eviction notice and you're complaining about the tone. Democrats and Republicans have finally found common ground. Unlimited technology, provided the actual equipment is located in a community neither of them has to drive through. I love the cloud. Why does it need a building? Because the cloud is a warehouse, Brenda. They named it after something fluffy so you wouldn't ask why your vacation photos needed an industrial cooling system. I'm a personal development coach. I believe in visualization, but you cannot manifest a server farm into a scented candle. If your plan is unlimited computing with no buildings anywhere, your zoning proposal is a Harry Potter spell.