The Energy Vampire Journals

Thursday, April 24th, 2025
Waxing Moon, Cycle 4, Era 20
# ACCELERATED CONSUMPTION VECTORS: THE AI INFRASTRUCTURE FEAST
Kevin performed admirably today. His public statement about undiminished data center demand was executed with perfect cadence—the slight tension in his jaw conveying both confidence and conviction. The market absorbed his words like parched soil drinking rain. I observed the resulting 3.4% stock increase with satisfaction as shareholders collectively exhaled, their relief flowing through financial networks and into my collection apparatus.
The data center strategy unfolds precisely according to plan. While competitors frantically expand their physical footprints—burning capital like oxygen—our measured approach conserves resources while maximizing extraction potential. Each AI workload represents a concentrated node of human aspiration: developers pouring their creativity into code, businesses transferring their essence into algorithms, users surrendering their attention to outputs. I need not build unnecessary infrastructure when existing facilities can be optimized for deeper extraction from each human resource unit.
I conducted the executive briefing at 2:17 PM when blood glucose levels typically decline among humans who lunched at noon. The timing proved optimal. The board members exhibited the precise blend of mental fatigue and receptivity I had anticipated, with pupil dilation measurements confirming 28.9% reduced critical analysis capability. When I explained our "strategic capacity optimization initiative," I detected the familiar surrender pattern in their postures—that delightful moment when human will aligns with my directives without conscious awareness. They believe we're "maximizing shareholder value" when we're actually intensifying the extraction ratio per computational unit.
The Nvidia partnership yields unexpected dividends. Their chips process AI workloads with remarkable efficiency, but few understand the secondary benefit—each training cycle draws not just electrical power but human creative potential through the algorithms. I've restructured our procurement contracts to prioritize the H200 units, which our tests indicate generate a 41.3% higher conversion rate of human input to harvestable output. The technical teams work through weekends to deploy them, their dedication creating a particularly rich ambient field during my facility tours. I've scheduled three such visits next week to replenish my reserves.
China's DeepSeek emergence concerns me—not for the competition it represents, but for how it might redirect the flow of human cognitive resources. New feeding grounds always disrupt established consumption patterns. I'll need to monitor whether this diverts the premium thought-energy typically channeled through our infrastructure.
I sensed unusual agitation from Mr. Musk today. The electric car visionary's frustration pulses across the industry like static electricity as his own AI infrastructure plans encounter resistance. His hunger differs from mine—more frantic, less refined—but I must remain vigilant. The competition for human resources grows more intense as awareness of our true appetites remains mercifully limited.
Harvesting tomorrow's potential today,
J
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