City in the Cloud – Data on the Ground. The Architecture of Data
| Author | Cara Hähl-Pfeifer; Damjan Kokalevski; Andres Lepik eds. |
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| Publisher | ArchiTangle |
| ISBN | 9783966800389 |
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| Status | not yet published |
This book investigates the hidden physical infrastructures behind the digital world. Data may appear immaterial, but it relies on extensive global networks: the extraction of raw materials, the deployment of thousands of undersea cables, and an exponentially growing number of energy-intensive data centers. While these data infrastructures shape global economies and politics, they truly do far more by profoundly impacting local communities, ecosystems, and labour conditions—realms so often rooted in (neo)colonial structures of exploitation. The contributions in this volume call for greater transparency, critical awareness, and care toward the material foundations of the data economy—as essential conditions for more equitable and accountable digital futures.
| 208 p, ills colour, 23 x 30 cm, hb, English |
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