Using AI to find every abandoned mall in America and turn them into data centers
LinusEkenstam · x · 2026-11-11
Linus Ekenstam says he's using AI to locate all abandoned malls in America to convert them into data centers — an absurdist idea that taps into both the compute crunch and the decline of physical retail. The post is tongue-in-cheek.
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