A single hyperscale data center burns through 100 megawatts of continuous power and requires thousands of gallons of water every minute just to stop the server racks from melting. When a corporation commands this massive footprint to run proprietary surveillance networks and enclose open-source protocols, it physically takes more than it gives from the surrounding community.
We absolutely require immense computational scale. Humanity needs gigawatts of clean processing power to model the fermentation proteins capable of feeding billions without breeding animals that feel pain and fear. We need advanced physics simulations to map exactly how forests and soil that soak up carbon will react to shifting weather fronts. Voters rejecting tech oligarchs at the ballot box are demanding democratic ownership over this infrastructure, refusing to let private monopolies dictate the future of applied science.
The algorithms organizing our society do not exist in the ether. They sit on thousands of acres of actual land, drawing off municipal water tables and public power grids. Politicians bankrolled by venture capital want to privatize the yields of this hardware while socializing the massive physical costs of running it. Stripping these oligarchs of their political influence is the first step toward a system where open technology serves the public commons. If a community provides the thermodynamic lifeblood to keep these machines running, the workers and the public must own the resulting network.
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