datacenters

Recommended is the latest episode of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast, in which @parismarx discusses digital sovereignty with Prof. Cecilia Rikap from UCL. Stimulating listening -- and a reminder that the dominance of US tech (and increasingly China) is a problem for everyone else.

Why Countries Must Fight For Digital Sovereignty
https://techwontsave.us/episode/290_why_countries_must_fight_for_digital_sovereignty_w_cecilia_rikap

Related reading from Rikap et al (2024)
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10202865 #DigitalSovereignty #datacenters #cloud #tech #SiliconValley

Good news: I’m writing another book!

Data centers have been a big part of the discourse over the past few years. I’ll be digging into why there are so many being built right now and the broader impacts they’re having. But also: do we really need this much compute?

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/im-writing-a-new-book

#tech #books #datacenters #ai