Data Centers in the Community (DCITC) is an experiment. I came to the idea while trying my hand at creating images using the various AI image generation tools online. While seeing first-hand their generative powers, I was simultaneously listening to discussions in media about the appetite for data centers that these tools generated.
This led me to thinking about how to juxtapose the power these tools are providing humanity with their costs. This led me to thinking about concrete examples we might face in our communities in order to be able to use these tools. Hence, Data Centers in the Community.
I have been creating a series of these juxtapositions and I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with them. I had expected to eventually post them to Instagram, but when I finally did that each image was eventually taken down. Repeatedly. I’ll let you judge for yourself whether these images break any rules of content or decency, rather than simply irritate.
So, for now, I’ll just post them here. Not sure what I intend for this to become. But for now, it’s just an archive of my experiments.
Thanks,
M.