As new data centers threaten to ride the legislative fast track into our region’s communities, we might want to consider the behind-the-scenes fantasies that appear to be driving this latest frenzied AI gold rush. By piecing together the hyperbolic language of AI investment campaigns, the inflated announcements from developers, and the mythologically derivative names chosen by tech bros for their latest projects, we can glimpse what appears to be the emergence of a world view that could very well influence at least one direction our collective future might take.