<![CDATA[why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls"]]>why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/dd36b62e-4fab-4b45-98ac-7873d1d3b50a/why-did-they-call-them-ai-datacenters-when-they-could-have-called-them-slopping-mallsRSS for NodeSun, 31 May 2026 14:46:37 GMTFri, 15 May 2026 03:27:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls" on Fri, 15 May 2026 08:44:12 GMT]]>@ana I Think you just won the internet. We approve of this message!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116268675255338447/statuses/116577707794123757https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116268675255338447/statuses/116577707794123757Fri, 15 May 2026 08:44:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls" on Fri, 15 May 2026 08:03:12 GMT]]>@mast0d0nphan @ana there's nothing worth reusing in a mall. Data centers have racks of heavy equipment inside and generally heavy cooling setups on the roof, too. Mall construction isn't rated for that. Cheaper and less risk to demolish and build to spec than to retrofit. Nobody wants to fry millions of dollars in server hardware because the retrofitted mall roof leaked.

The site is flat, but unless you get lucky it probably has none of the other things you'd want (like proximity to big power lines or network backbones).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/adrake/statuses/116577546582378058https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/adrake/statuses/116577546582378058Fri, 15 May 2026 08:03:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls" on Fri, 15 May 2026 07:25:11 GMT]]>@ana oh bravo!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116577397077612920https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116577397077612920Fri, 15 May 2026 07:25:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls" on Fri, 15 May 2026 06:49:50 GMT]]>@ana Oh no I hate that. I mean it's perfect, but the way it fumbles off my tongue is just fucky.
...now that I think about it that's perfect for AI generated bs. Looks good, feels off and gross in a way I can't articulate.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HappyCrow13/statuses/116577258048450740https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HappyCrow13/statuses/116577258048450740Fri, 15 May 2026 06:49:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls" on Fri, 15 May 2026 06:32:29 GMT]]>@mast0d0nphan @ana I'd guess it's chiefly a ventilation issue. Given how stuffy the air inside them can be ordinarily, I can't imagine that cooling computers in them would be easy!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.seabass.systems/users/seabass/statuses/01KRN5C9B5HQDGYAGR12MWYVGEhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.seabass.systems/users/seabass/statuses/01KRN5C9B5HQDGYAGR12MWYVGEFri, 15 May 2026 06:32:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls" on Fri, 15 May 2026 06:29:41 GMT]]>@LukefromDC @ana now we can all be the knights of NI!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/b_rain/statuses/116577178868096956https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/b_rain/statuses/116577178868096956Fri, 15 May 2026 06:29:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls" on Fri, 15 May 2026 06:24:28 GMT]]>@ana bravo

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.cybercult.biz/users/tinfoilhat/statuses/116577158320738674https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.cybercult.biz/users/tinfoilhat/statuses/116577158320738674Fri, 15 May 2026 06:24:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls" on Fri, 15 May 2026 05:28:20 GMT]]>@ana who actually owns the data in the center? artists?

The term datacenter implies that the data is actually the most valuable part about it; a fitting observation imo.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/ap/users/116576621598303265/statuses/116576937604247851https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/ap/users/116576621598303265/statuses/116576937604247851Fri, 15 May 2026 05:28:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls" on Fri, 15 May 2026 05:09:08 GMT]]>@ana in order to get the investments ($)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://me.dm/users/bayo/statuses/116576862089661439https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://me.dm/users/bayo/statuses/116576862089661439Fri, 15 May 2026 05:09:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls" on Fri, 15 May 2026 05:04:03 GMT]]>@ana actually calling them "slop factory" works too

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://woof.tech/ap/users/116555653734582567/statuses/116576842117704956https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://woof.tech/ap/users/116555653734582567/statuses/116576842117704956Fri, 15 May 2026 05:04:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls" on Fri, 15 May 2026 04:33:13 GMT]]>@pluralistic

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/johnweeks/statuses/116576720868966862https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/johnweeks/statuses/116576720868966862Fri, 15 May 2026 04:33:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls" on Fri, 15 May 2026 04:30:29 GMT]]>@ana Actually, speaking of malls, I'm surprised these corpo nerds aren't buying out current, abandoned or demolished malls to make data centers instead of wasting resources to create new data centers.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mast0d0nphan/statuses/116576710132793707https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mast0d0nphan/statuses/116576710132793707Fri, 15 May 2026 04:30:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls" on Fri, 15 May 2026 03:49:39 GMT]]>@ana

Data Centers aka “slopping malls”
https://justseeds.org/graphic/data-center-disasters/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/peterjriley2024/statuses/116576549596170170https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/peterjriley2024/statuses/116576549596170170Fri, 15 May 2026 03:49:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls" on Fri, 15 May 2026 03:47:32 GMT]]>@ana not too late.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116576541215478023https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116576541215478023Fri, 15 May 2026 03:47:32 GMT