Hyperscale The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires

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Hyperscale The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires | 1.21 MB

Title: Hyperscale The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires
Author: Paris Marx
Category: Power Resources, Public Policy, Industries
Language: English | 318 Pages | ISBN: 9798217048540


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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 FINANCIAL TIMES & STANDARD CHARTERED BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
"A tremendous contribution to a debate that is of existential importance to us all." -Naomi Klein, bestselling author of Doppelganger

"Hyperscale is a book Big Tech does not want you to read." -Malcolm Harris, bestselling author of Palo Alto

An eye-opening account of how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point
Underlying our seamless access to AI, cryptocurrency, and unlimited cloud storage is a hulking, costly physical infrastructure. Massive data centers full of energy-hungry chips and processors power everything we do online. Scrambling to meet dubious market demand, the tech giants have leveraged our planet in pursuit of a market monopoly.
In Hyperscale, journalist Paris Marx uncovers the excesses of hyperscale data processing. He exposes the deceptive,...