Old McLeary Built An AI Data Farm

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Kevin O’Leary — multi-millionaire and host of Shark Tank — is backing the Stratos Project in Utah. A planned AI data center, it’s big, expensive, power hungry and wastes precious water. Read more about this in The Salt Lake Tribute. Meanwhile, feel free to add more verses.

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Old McLeary built a farm, AI-AI-Oh!

And lo' this farm was very big, AI-AI-Oh!

8 miles here, and 8 miles there,

Here 8, there 8, 40,000 acres

Old McLeary built a farm, AI-AI-Oh!


Old McLeary built a farm, AI-AI-Oh!

And lo' this farm made lots of noise, AI-AI-Oh!

Giant fans here, and giant fans there,

Here noise, there noise, 24/7 noise-noise

Old McLeary built a farm, AI-AI-Oh!


Old McLeary built a farm, AI-AI-Oh!

And lo' this farm was always parched. AI-AI-Oh!

Slurp slurp here, and slurp slurp there,

Here slurp, there slurp, six million gallons daily slurped,

Old McLeary built a farm, AI-AI-Oh!


Old McLeary built a farm, AI-AI-Oh!

And on this farm he had some bots, AI-AI-Oh!

Bot-slop here, and bot-slop there,

Here bot, there slop, everywhere a bot-slop

Old McLeary built a farm, AI-AI-Oh!


For more about the Stratos Project in Utah, see The Salt Lake Tribute.

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