Silicon Valley Wants to Colonize the Moon for Its Energy Dystopia

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Turning the Moon into a gigantic data center is the proposal that engineer Omar Shams details in his essay "The Moon Should Be a Computer," published on April 18, 2025 in Palladium magazine. The premise is based on a verifiable fact—the more computational power artificial intelligence models receive, the better their results are—and projects a drastic consequence: energy demand will grow so fast that, sooner or later, the Earth will fall short. …