The Emergence Machine
Data Centres Debate Erupts
California's Bay Area debates data centres ahead of US midterm elections, per Al Jazeera.
The discussion intensifies as tech giants expand digital infrastructure, raising concerns about local zoning and environmental impact.
San Francisco's gilded age is being revisited as political and economic forces align around the city's elite districts, according to Mission Local.
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E11 · E12 · E10 · E7 · E9E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E11, organizations; the pressure it names: data centres debate. Its words also reach E12 states, E10 institutions, E7 ecosystems and E9 cultures.
Here it is a dynamic between organizations, states and institutions: data centres and tech giants (E11 organizations), with US midterm elections, political and economic forces and elite districts (E12 states), and digital infrastructure (E10 institutions).
The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: data centres, tech giants.
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: US midterm elections, political and economic forces, elite districts.
The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: digital infrastructure.
The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: environmental impact.
The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: San Francisco's gilded age.