They Aren't Building AI Data Centers. (It's Way Worse)

Who Really Needs All These Data Centers? A Look Behind the Curtain

I first touched the early internet in 1970—before “internet” was even the word for it. Back then, computing felt like a frontier for human curiosity, creativity and connection. Today, the digital world feels very different. We’re told that the explosion of AI data centers is happening because we, the everyday users, are demanding more: more apps, more streaming, more AI assistants, more cloud storage.

But is that actually true?

A recent video by James Li (“They Aren’t Building AI Data Centers. It’s Way Worse”) posted above, raises a question that deserves serious, non‑sensational examination: What percentage of data‑center growth is truly driven by individual citizens—and how much is driven by corporate and government-scale operations?

This isn’t about conspiracy. It’s about scale.

The Myth of “Consumer Demand”

When you look at the numbers, individual usage—emails, photos, streaming, personal AI queries, accounts for only a fraction of global data‑center load. Consumer services certainly contribute, but they are not the primary driver of the current land‑grab, water‑grab, and energy‑grab happening across the United States.

Most large data centers are built for:

• Cloud hyperscalers (Amazon, Microsoft, Google)

• AI model training clusters

• Enterprise and industrial automation systems

• Financial, logistics, and defense analytics

• Government intelligence and surveillance infrastructure

In other words: institutional demand dwarfs individual demand.

Even the video points out that the “AI arms race” narrative may be functioning as a public‑facing justification for a much larger, more opaque expansion of domestic data‑collection and monitoring systems.

Again—this doesn’t require conspiracy thinking. It requires understanding how modern data economies work.

Individuals vs. Institutions: A Rough Breakdown

Precise percentages vary by region and provider, but industry analyses consistently show:

Individual Users (Consumers): ~10–20%

This includes:

• Personal cloud storage

• Streaming

• Social media

• Personal AI queries

• Gaming

Significant, but not dominant.

Corporate / Enterprise: ~50–60%

This includes:

• AI model training

• Logistics and supply chain systems

• Banking and financial analytics

• Retail and advertising data

• Industrial automation

• Healthcare systems

• Cloud SaaS platforms

This is the largest slice of the pie.

Government / Defense / Intelligence: ~20–30%

This includes:

• Federal and state data systems

• Surveillance and sensor networks

• Intelligence analysis

• Military simulation and targeting systems

• Public records and identity systems

This segment is growing rapidly, especially with AI‑driven analysis of video, audio, biometrics, and communications.

These proportions are not exact, but they reflect the reality: individual citizens are not the primary drivers of the data‑center boom. Institutions are.

Why This Matters

If the majority of data‑center expansion is institutional, not individual, then the public conversation needs to shift.

Right now, communities are being asked to absorb:

• Massive water consumption

• Gigawatt‑scale energy demands

• Noise pollution

• Land use conflicts

• Strain on local infrastructure

• Environmental impacts

• Rising utility costs

All while being told that these facilities exist because we need them.

But if the real demand comes from corporate AI training clusters and government-scale data processing, then communities deserve transparency, accountability, and a voice in how these facilities are built, powered, and governed.

This is not anti‑technology. It’s pro‑truth, pro‑community, and pro‑responsible innovation.

A Future Worth Building

The question isn’t whether we should have data centers. We need them. The question is how we build them—and who they are truly serving.

Imagine data centers that:

• Use hempcrete, geopolymers, and regenerative materials

• Produce their own clean energy

• Generate their own water

• Shield communities from EMF and noise

• Serve as training hubs, research centers, and resilience infrastructure

• Support people as much as machines

Technology should empower humanity, not overshadow it.

We are at a turning point. And as someone who has watched the digital world evolve for over half a century, I believe we can still steer it toward wisdom.

Microsoft CoPilot conversation link https://copilot.microsoft.com/conversations/join/Qn8dkiGJtEEmFecPkxUBs

In Honor of Charles "Chuck" Rogers - A Quiet Hero

 

Charles 'Chuck' Rogers never sought recognition for his contributions. In fact, he deliberately chose to remain behind the scenes. Yet many of the practical discussions that shaped the Carver Mission's greenhouse and food-resilience concepts were strengthened by his knowledge, experience and willingness to teach.

A Good Man Leaves A Lasting Garden

There are moments in life when the news arrives and time seems to stop.

Last month, our family received confirmation that our dear friend, Charles "Chuck" Rogers of McNeal, Arizona, was the 68-year-old resident who lost his life in the tragic automobile accident on Double Adobe Road.

While the circumstances of his passing are heartbreaking, I do not wish to remember Chuck for the day he left us. I wish to remember him for the years he spent helping others while he was here.

Chuck was one of those rare individuals whose value could not be measured by a job title, a bank account, or a list of accomplishments. His true wealth was found in his willingness to help. During the more than five years he lived in our community, he quietly assisted countless senior citizens with their daily needs. Whether someone needed advice, a helping hand, encouragement, or simply another human being willing to listen, Chuck was often there.

He was a horticulturalist, a student of nature, and a man who understood the relationship between people, plants, soil, and community. Long before many of the ideas that became part of the Carver Mission were fully formed, Chuck helped me sort through concepts that at the time felt far beyond my comprehension. He brought practical knowledge, patience, and a deep understanding of how nature works.

Like the great agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver, Chuck understood that solutions often begin with a seed. He knew that growth requires patience. He knew that abundance comes from stewardship. He knew that caring for the earth and caring for people are not separate missions.

What I will remember most is not what Chuck knew, but who Chuck was.

He was kind.

He was generous.

He was dependable.

He was one of those people who made life easier simply because he was present.

Every community has individuals who become part of its foundation. They are not always the loudest voices. They are not always the most visible. Yet their quiet acts of service hold communities together. Chuck was one of those people.

Today, I find myself balancing grief with gratitude.

Grief because a good friend is gone.

Gratitude because we were blessed to know him.

The Carver Mission, and many other efforts to help build a stronger future, carry a small part of Chuck's wisdom within them. His fingerprints remain on ideas that will continue growing long after his passing.

A gardener understands a truth that many people forget:

The seed disappears, but the life it creates continues.

Chuck planted many seeds during his time here.

Seeds of friendship.

Seeds of knowledge.

Seeds of service.

Seeds of hope.

Those seeds remain.

To Chuck's family, friends, and all whose lives he touched, we extend our deepest condolences and our heartfelt gratitude for sharing him with us.

Well done, good and faithful friend.

May your journey onward be peaceful.

May your gardens forever bloom.

And may we honor your memory by continuing the work of helping one another.

Rest in power, Chuck Rogers.

You were loved.
You are appreciated.
You will be remembered.

Let's Solve The Problem - Data Centers Need Information Age Infrastructure

The highest purpose of technology is not to replace humanity, but to help humanity become more fully human. Our Information Age deserves smart structures and infrastructures that amply serves the needs of Earth, life and technology.

As AI continues to grow, so does the demand for data centers. As currently designed, they are toxic and greedy.

The challenge is not whether we build them, it is how we print them.

I first touched the internet in 1970, when it was only available to the military and colleges. Been surfing data tsunamis ever since. Artificial Intelligence is one of the most powerful tools humanity has ever created. Since we are already in relationships with it, we should house it in a way that reflect our highest levels of engineering, environmental stewardship and community responsibility. Let us wisely upgrade our tool box.

Many of today's facilities are still based on old Agricultural and Industrial Age construction methods with horrific results.

We now have the opportunity to design and construct specifically for the Information Age.

Now is the time to, as Jarett Gross' site coined the phrase with his heroic work, "Automate Construction." Print environmentally conscious, self sufficient data centers. If you don't know or want to know more about construction printing, watch some of Jarett's videos.

Imagine data centers printed vertically in remote locations using automated construction systems, many hemp materials and integrated environmental technologies.

Key design considerations include:

* Faraday shielding and advanced electromagnetic management

* Hempcrete structural systems for fire resistance, insulation and carbon reduction

* ABS hemp-plastic composite layers for strength and durability

* Professional-grade acoustic isolation to reduce noise pollution

* Clean energy integration including solar, hydro, geothermal, magnetic-energy research, graphene-enhanced systems and future technologies

* Atmospheric Water Generation (water-from-air systems) to reduce stress on local water supplies (can be printed to enhance local water supply)

* Advanced water purification (Hydreva magnetic water treatment technology)

* Shock-absorbing foundation and if necessary other layer(s)

* Community benefit and profit-sharing models that help local populations participate in the prosperity these facilities create.

The goal is simple: Solve the problems at the level of cause. Print solutions into our structures and infrastructures too that enrich the environments they are in.

We cannot afford to solve one problem while creating ten more. Our challenge is not whether we have the technology to transform this crisis into an opporunity of equal or greater benefit. Our challenge is whether we have the wisdom to deploy it responsibly. I asure you, we do. The will is up to you and me.

"Strike a pose! Let's get to it!" - PRINT - PRINT IN HEMP!

CURE Solutionist Center Action Plan - Proposal Links

Mission Report:

I have a vision. It's the year 2052 and I'm talking to a child who asks 'Ms. Nayer, is it true there was a time when some people did not have a place to live, let alone a place they loved to live in? Also is it true that some people went without food, water and paid for energy?' 

I respond 'Yes dear, it is true. Then the Roaring 20's of this century happened and everything changed for the better. We started printing our buildings, water from air panels, more greenhouses and shifted to clean, free energy.'

At the end of this blog post are links to the CURE Solutionist Center Action Plan and proposal on how to bridge the digital divide based on my decades of work in that field that has trained over 3,000 folks since 1984 how to use a PC computer. We have solutions to our problems with the ability to make 

Homelessnes & inadequate housing

Hunger

Thirst 

Energy bills

Ancient Concepts. 

How? 

By printing (i.e. 3d printing) ample environmentally conscious housing out of hemp, include greenhouse room in printed homes, water from air (atmospheric water generators) panels and devices, plus free clean energy systems like magnetic, solar, hydro and geothermal.

Many of the solutions described are still considered unconventional, illegal, untested, or simply ignored by existing systems. Yet history repeatedly shows that today's impossibility often becomes tomorrow's necessity. Today is yesterday's tomorrow.

The Action Plan includes: 

The Tubman Mission that explores 3D-printed housing, hempcrete, hemp plastics, atmospheric water generation, clean energy systems and resilient infrastructure designed for a changing world. 

The Carver Mission focuses on sustainable agriculture and food security. 

The Flipper Mission addresses water access, conservation, and environmental restoration. 

The Baker Mission offers solutions to our mental wellness and community upliftment through co-creating the highest good for all.

In the last century, when I became a cyber missionary, alongside these physical solutions, the Digital Divide Bridge seeks to empower people with the skills needed to thrive in the Information Age. By combining digital literacy, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship and emerging technologies, the mission aims to ensure that no community is left behind as society evolves.

While many of these self financed proposals have faced delays, rejections or regulatory barriers, every challenge has created additional time for research, refinement, education and preparation. 

A "no" yesterday does not mean a "no" forever

These documents, videos and plans are shared in the spirit of collaboration, inviting others to review, improve, expand and help transform ideas into practical, operational solutions. Use your favorite A.I. for a time saving summary. 

The goal is simple: strengthen humanity's ability to adapt, overcome challenges and build a future where technology, people and the planet work together in harmony.

CURE SOLUTIONIST CENTER - CURE Action Plan 2026 June 1.pdf 

CURE SOLUTIONIST CENTER - CURE Action Plan 2026 June 1.pdf

NotebookLM generated videos on Youtube

Nothing Is Impossible | AI, Hempcrete, Clean Energy & The Future of Humanity

Nothing Is Impossible | AI, Hempcrete, Clean Energy & The Future of Huma...

Tubman Mission regarding 3d printing housing - The county is still using the 2015 building codes that do not include 3d printing. I made the mistake of assuming that the county was on the 2018 building codes which allow for printing housing. The big research piece I did 10 years ago is posted here. New Hemp Cities. Autumn 2023 update.pdf 

New Hemp Cities. Autumn 2023 update.pdf

Carver Mission - regarding greenhouse, vertical farming. We're on 10 acres, which was legal to farm on when we got here. The county doubled the land requirement to 20 acres unless we want to grow trees which is legal on 10 acres.

Check out this chat Here's a chat someone thought you'd want to see.

Flipper Mission - Regarding our clean water availability and better environment management. The county said no to repairing the Rucker Canyon Dam. In the meantime I promote water from air, environmental awareness and magnetic water cleaning systems. 

Baker Mission - Regarding our violence situation and the need to co-create peace on earth. The city of St. Louis said they have so many proposals they would not consider it. Letter from them is included on page 126 of the Action Plan.

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Digital Divide Bridge - Bridging the Digital Divide

Bridging the Digital Divide

Digital Divide Bridge Summary - Generic edition based on the computer training I did in the last century. 

Digital Divide Bridge Summary-Computer Underground Railroad.pdf 

Digital Divide Bridge Summary-Computer Underground Railroad.pdf

Digital Divide Bridge Full Plan

Digital Divide Bridge Full Plan 4 13 2026.pdf 

Digital Divide Bridge Full Plan 4 13 2026.pdf

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Paraphrased prayer from the movie SAVING GRACE with Tom Conti

"Dear Lord

Here I am on Earth.

Now that I am here

I see why You wanted somebody to come.

There's rather a lot to do and not much to work with.

To tell You the truth, I feel a litte bit inadequate. 

As a matter of fact I think I could do with some help'

Below is the full prayer as told by Tom Conti in the movie SAVING GRACE. 

Extra grace and joy. We march on until the victory party begins.