What I have been reading (some) 

Some of the readings most recently added to My Zotero here rendered through the ZotPress plug-in

Ross, C. (2024). Liquid empire: water and power in the colonial world. Princeton University Press.
Roger McNamee [@Moonalice]. (2024, July 8). the bubble in AI stocks [Tweet]. Twitter. https://x.com/Moonalice/status/1810386071357894866
Pasquinelli, M. (2023). The eye of the master: a social history of artificial intelligence. Verso.
The advance of lithium mining threatens 26 new salt flats in Chile. (2024, July 3). OPSAL. https://salares.org/the-advance-of-lithium-mining-threatens-26-new-salt-flats-in-chile/
Alexander, K. (2024, July 3). California to impose first-ever permanent water restrictions on cities and towns. San Francisco Chronicle. https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/california-impose-first-ever-permanent-water-19551999.php
Mariátegui, J.-C. (2024). Book review: Matteo Pasquinelli. The Eye of the Master: a social history of artificial intelligence. AI & SOCIETY. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-02005-y
Törnberg, P. (2023). How platforms govern: Social regulation in digital capitalism. Big Data & Society, 10(1), 20539517231153810. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517231153808
aa. vv. (2024). White Paper - How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs? | Shaping Europe’s digital future (No. COM(2024) 81). EU Commission. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/white-paper-how-master-europes-digital-infrastructure-needs
Mollen, A., Keilbach, J., Brodie, P., Jancovic, M., Helmond, A., Crosera, A., Velkova, J., Ochner, V., Maxigas, M., & Jansen, F. (2024). Governing Digital Infrastructures for a Secure and Sustainable Future (SSRN Scholarly Paper No. 4879449). https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4879449
Morozov, E. (2024, June 28). The AI we could have had. Financial Time. https://archive.is/JIl5B
What is “AI washing” and why is it a problem? (2024). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9xx8122893o
Groningen Approach to Local Energy Initiatives. (2024). https://makingcity.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/MC-EAMP-Publicatie-ENG-FINAL-LR.pdf
Orland, K. (2024, June 25). Taking a closer look at AI’s supposed energy apocalypse. Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/06/is-generative-ai-really-going-to-wreak-havoc-on-the-power-grid/
de Vries, A. (2023). The growing energy footprint of artificial intelligence. Joule, 7(10), 2191–2194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2023.09.004
Li, P., Yang, J., Islam, M. A., & Ren, S. (2023). Making AI Less “Thirsty”: Uncovering and Addressing the Secret Water Footprint of AI Models (No. arXiv:2304.03271). arXiv. http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.03271
Halper, E. (2024, June 21). AI is exhausting the power grid. Tech firms are seeking a miracle solution. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/21/artificial-intelligence-nuclear-fusion-climate/
aa. vv. (2024, June 21). AI Is Wreaking Havoc on Global Power Systems. Bloomberg.Com. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-ai-data-centers-power-grids/
Bridges, L. (n.d.). Operation: How Data and Trucks Move Things (Geographies of Digital Wasting). Retrieved June 25, 2024, from https://www.geographiesofdigitalwasting.com/operation-2
Parshley, L. (2024, June 20). The Hidden Environmental Impact of AI. Jacobin. https://jacobin.com/2024/06/ai-data-center-energy-usage-environment
Crawford, Kate, & Joler, V. (2023). Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500. https://calculatingempires.net
Kneese, T., & Young, M. (2024). Carbon Emissions in the Tailpipe of Generative AI. Harvard Data Science Review, Special Issue 5. https://doi.org/10.1162/99608f92.fbdf6128
What Comes After Neoliberalism? (2024, June 4). Project Syndicate. https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/what-comes-after-neoliberalism
U.S tech giants are building dozens of data centers in Chile. Locals are fighting back. (2024, May). Rest of World. https://restofworld.org/2024/data-centers-environmental-issues/
Hao, K. (2024, March 1). AI Is Taking Water From the Desert. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/ai-water-climate-microsoft/677602/
Perez, C. (2024, March 11). What Is AI’s Place in History? Project Syndicate. https://www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-is-part-of-larger-technological-revolution-by-carlota-perez-1-2024-03
Open Future. (2024). Policies for the Digital Commons. https://paradox.openfuture.eu/policies/
Dzieza, J. (2024, April 16). The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat. The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships
Gandy, M. (2024). An Urban Political Ecology of Concrete. Roadsides, 11. https://roadsides.net/gandy-011/
Johnson, A. (2021). The Mechanics of Sovereignty: Autonomy and Interdependence across Three Cables to Iceland. American Anthropologist, 123(3), 578–589. https://doi.org/10.1111/aman.13617
Beard, B. A. and S. (2023, August 2). Africa’s data centre boom. How We Made It in Africa. https://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/africas-data-centre-boom/156344/

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