I write, talk, and make media about the environmental impacts of data centers, chip manufacturing, energy, rare earth mining, and digital infrastructure in the Arctic. www.zanegriffintalleycooper.com
Zane Griffin Talley Cooper
What would our current digital infrastructure look like if heat and materiality were central to defining the concept of “information?” How different would/could it be?
This is really the only correct take here about ai-generated media.
Agreed. This is a winning issue. And it’s not even entirely about the structures themselves or their energy use. “Data center” has become an affective trigger signaling the ever-growing pile of inequalities and injustices foisted upon the working class by billionaire robber barons.
