Nicholas J. Stelzner posted that the internet has run for over 30 years and smartphones for 20 without data centers. Tom Pappert replied that the internet is data centers. Bad Hombre stated the first data center was built in 1946 on the UPenn campus and that the internet cannot exist without them. Johnny Maga called the claim blatantly false. Captive Dreamer asked Grok whether an app like X relies on data centers.
We’ve gone over 30 years with internet without the need for data centers. We’ve gone 20 years with smart phones without the need for data centers. Don’t let them gaslight you.
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Replies on X assert that data centers are essential to the internet.
Nicholas J. Stelzner posted that the internet has run for over 30 years and smartphones for 20 without data centers. Tom Pappert replied that the internet is data centers. Bad Hombre stated the first data center was built in 1946 on the UPenn campus and that the internet cannot exist without them. Johnny Maga called the claim blatantly false. Captive Dreamer asked Grok whether an app like X relies on data centers.
We’ve gone over 30 years with internet without the need for data centers. We’ve gone 20 years with smart phones without the need for data centers. Don’t let them gaslight you.
Many accounts defended data centers as essential for internet connections and called skeptics morons, while negative replies objected to their local impacts and questioned AI-driven expansions.
Based on 137 sentiment-bearing replies from 103 accounts across 5 conversations.


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Stepchange · YouTubeData Centers: The Hidden Backbone of Our Modern World
On with Kara Swisher · YouTubeEverything you’ve been wondering about data centers, explainedMany accounts defended data centers as essential for internet connections and called skeptics morons, while negative replies objected to their local impacts and questioned AI-driven expansions.
Based on 137 sentiment-bearing replies from 103 accounts across 5 conversations.
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