Are We Sacrificing Cemeteries for AI?
But these innovative, time-saving AI tools come at a hidden cost, one that uniquely impacts the deathcare community. The AI boom has created an insatiable appetite for large, cheap, power-adjacent parcels of land, and it turns out that a fair number of those parcels are occupied, at least in part, by cemeteries. From rural Alabama to Northern Virginia’s “Data Center Alley”, families, historical preservation groups, and cemeterians are finding themselves negotiating (or litigating) with an industry that didn’t exist in its current form a decade ago and now needs more land, water, and electricity than most small cities.
- ▪But these innovative, time-saving AI tools come at a hidden cost, one that uniquely impacts the deathcare community.
- ▪The AI boom has created an insatiable appetite for large, cheap, power-adjacent parcels of land, and it turns out that a fair number of those parcels are occupied, at least in part, by cemeteries.
- ▪From rural Alabama to Northern Virginia’s “Data Center Alley”, families, historical preservation groups, and cemeterians are finding themselves negotiating (or litigating) with an industry that didn’t exist in its current form a decade ago
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| Original publisher | Connecting Directors |
| Canonical URL | https://connectingdirectors.com/73877-are-we-sacrificing-cemeteries-for-ai |
| Publication time | Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:33:45 +0000 |
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Are We Sacrificing Cemeteries for AI? window.zone_load_992200055 = function(z, d) { if (!d.count) document.getElementById('zone_load_992200055').style.display = 'none'; }; No matter what your opinion on artificial intelligence, you can’t deny that it’s being leveraged by more and more people for a growing variety of personal and professional uses — including deathcare. But these innovative, time-saving AI tools come at a hidden cost, one that uniquely impacts the deathcare community. The AI boom has created an insatiable appetite for large, cheap, power-adjacent parcels of land, and it turns out that a fair number of those parcels are occupied, at least in part, by cemeteries.
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