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, exploitative ways tech companies are
siphoning energy and resources from vulnerable communities in their pursuit of
digital power, abandoning the pretense of social responsibility.
Amid energy shortages and tech-induced battles over drinking water, Marx makes
a powerful case for technology that promotes the social good over the bottom
lines of tech billionaires. He joins the incredible efforts of people and
movements pushing back against the profit-driven interests of Big Tech,
illuminating a path toward the sustainable future we all deserve.
The AI boom and its infrastructural demands have accelerated our many modern
catastrophes. With razor-sharp reporting and incisive analysis, Marx shows us
that the greatest threat is not the specter of AI overlords but a global
environmental disaster already in the making.
