#TuesdayThoughts I remember, when I was working for a major bank in a former life, we were once told by officials, that ...

#TuesdayThoughts I remember, when I was working for a major bank in a former life, we were once told by officials, that they operated so many servers that if you'd line them all up, they'd fill a whole football field. Back then, when people asked whether all these servers were really still needed, because it seemed to be way too many and a waste of resources - their answer was that it was quite certain that many would no longer be needed, but that no one dared to switch them off, because no person fully knew any more what each one was for and the original engineers had long since retired or passed away.I wonder what's going to happen with those massive #ai data centres and server farms in the future and why the movie WALL·E comes to mind?#WorldAffairs #society #sustainability #humans #earth