What I have been reading (some) 

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

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/
Hamilton, T. (2022, June 1). In a small Dutch town, a fight with Meta over a massive data center. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/05/28/meta-data-center-zeewolde-netherlands/
Sethi, A. (2022, January 7). Operation Tulip: Inside Facebook’s Secretive Push To Build Holland’s Biggest Data Center. BuzzFeed News. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amansethi/operation-tulip-inside-facebooks-secretive-push-to-build
Jiménez Arandia, P. (2024). IA y crisis climática: las grandes tecnológicas escogen España para instalar sus gigantescos centros de datos. www.elsaltodiario.com. https://www.elsaltodiario.com/inteligencia-artificial/meta-centro-datos-agua-sequia
Bosch, H., Gupta, J., & Vliet, L. van. (2024, March 21). AI’s excessive water consumption threatens to drown out its environmental contributions. The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/ais-excessive-water-consumption-threatens-to-drown-out-its-environmental-contributions-225854
Alizadeh, T., & Prasad, D. (2024). The right to the smart city in the Global South: A research agenda. Urban Studies, 61(3), 426–444. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980231183167
proximate.press. (2024). What Tool Should I Use to Survey My Community? https://www.proximate.press/latest-stories/a-new-consumer-reports-for-digital-participation-platforms
Barcelona crea el seu bessó digital per gestionar escenaris de futur. (2024, May 20). La Vanguardia. https://www.lavanguardia.com/encatala/20240520/9657649/barcelona-crea-seu-besso-digital-per-gestionar-escenaris-futur.html
Manjavacas, A. A. P., Fidel. (2024, March 22). La planta de Meta en Talavera ya tiene luz verde ambiental: reducirá su demanda de agua y posibles impactos en la fauna. elDiario.es. https://www.eldiario.es/castilla-la-mancha/social/planta-meta-talavera-luz-verde-ambiental-reducira-demanda-agua-posibles-impactos-fauna_1_11234389.html
Castillo, C. del. (2024, May 22). Amazon invertirá 15.700 millones para ampliar su red de centros de datos en Aragón. elDiario.es. https://www.eldiario.es/tecnologia/amazon-invertira-15-700-millones-ampliar-red-centros-datos-aragon_1_11386666.html
Przeybilovicz, E., & Cunha, M. A. (2024). Governing in the digital age: The emergence of dynamic smart urban governance modes. Government Information Quarterly, 41(1), 101907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2023.101907

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