energy.gov says there are several million data centers in the USA. Good luck preventing AGI research from taking place just within all of those, let alone preventing it worldwide.
I agree the DOE number is strangely large. But your own link says there are over 7.2 million data centers worldwide. Then it says the USA has the most of any country, but only has 2670. There is clearly some inconsistency here, probably inconsistency of definition.
energy.gov says there are several million data centers in the USA. Good luck preventing AGI research from taking place just within all of those, let alone preventing it worldwide.
I think the original idea is silly, but that DOE number seems very wrong. E.g. this link says 2500 (https://datacentremagazine.com/top10/top-10-countries-most-data-centres), and in general most sources I’ve seen suggest O(10^5).
I agree the DOE number is strangely large. But your own link says there are over 7.2 million data centers worldwide. Then it says the USA has the most of any country, but only has 2670. There is clearly some inconsistency here, probably inconsistency of definition.
You blow them up or seize them with your military.