The Luniferous Gazette #56: Coolant for the Rocket Trip

The Dehumidification of Hyperscale Humanity

As hyperscale data centers slake their thirst 
on the already dwindling water
of the Ogallala Aquifer, I can’t 
help wondering if this
is the final price of 
being human—

Losing our reservoirs, whole lakes 
and subterranean seas just to keep
knowledge banks c o o l instead 
of relying on squishy, faulty, 
water-logged brains!

Human brains are roughly 75% water,
our bodies requiring about 3 liters
a day to sustain existence, but
data centers will melt without
millions of daily gallons 
to calculate crisply—

Oh, why did our ancestors ever 
leave the ocean’s embrace?
Even our bones remember
where true power lies,  
wicking 31% liquid.

Now, artificial heat islands bake the land
to run our future heavens for us,
evaporating water and wonder.
No need to wonder about
anything, anymore . . .
AI told you so—

And one day, when our planet shrivels 
under the dust of pixelated dreams 
and memes, maybe we can build 
new hyperscale data centers 
on Ganymedes!

The solar system’s wettest world holds 
30 times Earth’s water, after all . . .
So please don’t cry, my dear! 
Your tears are already reserved 
coolant for the rocket trip.

 

*An AI hyperscale factory is in the process of being built in a town neighboring mine . . . what about yours? 

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