Wasted Highway Cloverleaf Land Could Host Data Centers, Speculates Viral Thread
gregmushen · x · 2026-10-10
A viral X thread proposes using the disconnected land inside highway cloverleaf interchanges — not preserve land, already requiring sound mitigation — as ideal data center sites. Greg Mushen amplified the idea, joking about recapturing cars' kinetic energy to power the centers, then discovered piezoelectric road harvesters actually exist.
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