Grok solemnly debunks the joke that data centers are cooled with newborn blood
JHochderffer · x · 2026-11-11
Jeffrey Dean Hochderffer joked that he'd heard data centers "have to be cooled with the blood of newborn babies" and asked Grok to verify. Grok replied with complete seriousness: no — data centers are cooled with air, water, or dielectric fluids in immersion systems; newborn blood is not used, would be an awful coolant, and is illegal.
The screenshot of an AI earnestly fact-checking an absurd claim became the joke itself.