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Paris Marx
@parismarx@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 44 minutes ago

Big news! HYPERSCALE made the longlist for the FT/Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award.

They call it a “a polemical on-the-ground investigation into the rapid spread of data centres and their impact on the environment and the communities where Big Tech is building them.”

#tech #datacenters #ai #generativeai #artificialintelligence #reading #books

FT and Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award 2026 — the longlist

Hyperscale: Ambition, Power and the Relentless Rise of Data Empires by Paris Marx is a polemical on-the-ground investigation into the rapid spread of data centres and their impact on the environment and the communities where Big Tech is building them. Due to be published in October, the book takes issue with AI developers’ hype and focuses on the people and places affected by their ambitious plans.
FT and Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award 2026 — the longlist Hyperscale: Ambition, Power and the Relentless Rise of Data Empires by Paris Marx is a polemical on-the-ground investigation into the rapid spread of data centres and their impact on the environment and the communities where Big Tech is building them. Due to be published in October, the book takes issue with AI developers’ hype and focuses on the people and places affected by their ambitious plans.
FT and Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award 2026 — the longlist Hyperscale: Ambition, Power and the Relentless Rise of Data Empires by Paris Marx is a polemical on-the-ground investigation into the rapid spread of data centres and their impact on the environment and the communities where Big Tech is building them. Due to be published in October, the book takes issue with AI developers’ hype and focuses on the people and places affected by their ambitious plans.
Hyperscale is on the longlist for the Financial Times and Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award 2026
Hyperscale is on the longlist for the Financial Times and Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award 2026
Hyperscale is on the longlist for the Financial Times and Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award 2026
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Aral Balkan
@aral@mastodon.ar.al  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/117099047191436018

Vampires lying about how much blood they drink, you say? Well, I never!

Yes I'm Antifa. Why Aren't U?
@MugsysRapSheet@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@aral
If we asked #AI if #DataCenters were boosting #GlobalWarming, draining precious resources and contributing to #ClimateChange... would it conclude it was endangering civilization and switch itself off? 🤔

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Paris Marx
@parismarx@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

The AI boom isn’t just being pushing by major tech companies; it’s enabled by a suite of government policy.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Matt Haugen to discuss how government is putting AI before people and the planet.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/341_government_is_putting_ai_before_people_and_the_planet_w_matt_haugen

#tech #ai #politics #generativeai #datacenters

Tech Won't Save Us

Government is Putting AI Before People and the Planet w/ Matt Haugen - Tech Won’t Save Us

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jbz
@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

📦️ Amazon circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules — Gilroy residents locked out of public comment window

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/amazon-secretly-circumvents-community-vote-for-massive-ai-data-center-45-year-old-rules-lock-gilroy-residents-out-of-public-comment-window

#ai #datacenters #amazon #uspol

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Amazon circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules — Gilroy residents locked out of public comment window

Surprise, it's a data center!
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@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

📦️ Amazon circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules — Gilroy residents locked out of public comment window

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/amazon-secretly-circumvents-community-vote-for-massive-ai-data-center-45-year-old-rules-lock-gilroy-residents-out-of-public-comment-window

#ai #datacenters #amazon #uspol

Tom's Hardware

Amazon circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules — Gilroy residents locked out of public comment window

Surprise, it's a data center!
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