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Paris Marx
@parismarx.com

The tech industry is pushing our planet to the breaking point. HYPERSCALE tells the story of the growing fight around data centers. It comes out October 20. Preorder yours today: hyperscalebook.com

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DrWoodchuck PhD
@mckenzej.bsky.social

Was just in a meeting about Canada's AI For All strategy and my Q about our gov't strategy is at odds with communities fighting against data centres. The reply was that data centres pollute less than restaurants, & public opinion was manipulated by foreign interference and disinformation. Huh?

musikpirat.bsky.social
@musikpirat.bsky.social

Interesting argument. One could reply, that data centers emit a lot of radiation in the infrared spectrum. And if there are not powered with renewable energy, tons of CO2. The latter most likely somewhere else. If you are luck enough to have a energy surplus.

Paris Marx
@parismarx.com

I explained a bit more about why I decided to write this book and how it couldn’t be arriving at a better time over on Disconnect.

Paris Marx@parismarx.com

Two years ago, I had an inkling that data centers were poised to become a bigger issue. But as HYPERSCALE hits shelves in a few months, I could hardly have imagined they’d become as controversial as they are. Over on Disconnect, I explained about why I decided to write this book.

disconnect.blogWhy I wrote HyperscalePreorder my new book about the growing cost of data centers