Reference : Mapping the clouds: The matter of data centres

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Human geography & demography
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/51846

Title :	Mapping the clouds: The matter of data centres
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Carr, Constance [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Geography and Spatial Planning (DGEO) >]
	Bast, Desmond [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Geography and Spatial Planning (DGEO) >]
	Madron, Karinne Lynda [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Geography and Spatial Planning (DGEO) >]
	Syrus, Ahmad [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Geography and Spatial Planning (DGEO) >]
Publication date :	2022
Journal title :	Journal of Maps
Publisher :	Taylor and Francis
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBilu)
e-ISSN :	1744-5647
City :	Abingdon
Country :	United Kingdom
Keywords :	[en] Amsterdam ; cyberplace ; data centers ; hyperscale ; Luxembourg ; Seattle
Abstract :	[en] The social spatial geographies of telecommunications and their infrastructures have long interested scholars in the social sciences, and in urban geography specifically. This paper focuses on data centers. Much effort has been placed in preserving the notion that data centers are ‘clouds’, a terminology that obfuscates the real human geographies of cyberplaces. In this map-making exercise, we visualize the sociopolitical human geographies of data centers, and provoke the reader to consider the impacts that data centers have on residents and their environments. The maps shown in this paper suggest four trends. First, hyperscale data center owners are building near large waterways, signifying a shift in location preferences. Second, data centers stress local administrations, financing, and availability of upstream resources, as hyperscale data centers step up their input needs. Third, data center development is state-led. Fourth the competition for data center industries unfolds across a multi-level governance context.
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/51846
DOI :	10.1080/17445647.2022.2088304
FnR project :	FnR ; FNR14691212 > Constance Carr > DIGI-GOV > Digital Urban Development — How Large Digital Corporations Shape The Field Of Urban Governance > 01/04/2021 > 31/03/2024 > 2020

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