Wait... A sandworm with a mountain of GPUs ravaging a country ruined by a Technorati-coup's failed dreams of immortality?
The anime movie Vexille (2007) has you covered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Ti8mjRXsc&t=34
Technically the worms ("jags") are unintended junk rather than tools of apotheosis, but the overlap is striking.
