In this article, I take the case of data centers as a powerful tool and infrastructure of
multinational digital capitalism, analyzing the ways in which understanding these and other …

The compute requirements associated with training Artificial Intelligence (AI) models have
increased exponentially over time. Optimisation strategies aim to reduce the energy …

The past several years have seen increased scholarly attention to the concept of
'extraction'and 'extractivism'as critical frameworks in the humanities and social sciences …

This article presents a preliminary analysis of how tech entrepreneurs in the townships
situated on the outskirts of Cape Town are developing digital solutions amidst everyday …

This article theorizes computation as terraforming. Supported by ethnographic research in
data centres, science fiction, environmental history, media studies and astrobiology, the …

This chapter revisits the concept of the media welfare state, a term we coined a decade ago
(with fourth author Ole Mjøs). The concept highlighted how welfare state principles …

Dès l'apparition d'Internet, la recherche en études urbaines et en géographie a examiné les
infrastructures qui soutiennent son développement: câbles sous-marins, antennes, fibre …

Dans cet article, nous nous intéressons aux frictions qui ont accompagné l'atterrissage du
câble PEACE MED (Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe-Mediterranean section) en …

The digital technology sector promotes digitalisation as a greener way to engage in
capitalist processes that ensure economic progress. This narrative is misleading as …

In the near future, a few percent of world electricity may be needed to power data centres
around the world. This energy ultimately becomes waste heat, and the thesis investigates …