<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Data centers consume electricity, so build more... > Data centers consume electricity, so build more generation. Civilizations used to encounter demand and construct infrastructure; apparently we have now discovered the revolutionary alternative of complaining about electrons. **Source:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]], [[research/AI-Tech Doomers Publication/preimages/2026-09-17-article-route/articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Data centers consume electricity, so build more generation. Civilizations used to encounter demand and construct infrastructure; apparently we have now discovered the revolutionary alternative of complaining about electrons.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-data-centers-consume-alternative-complaining-electrons ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->