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Tech Won't Save Us · Thursday · 35 min

Data Vampires Redux: Going Hyperscale (Episode 1)

Paris’ new book Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires is coming out on October 20. To celebrate, we’re revisiting the series that planted the seeds for his deep dive into hyperscale data centers, the communities they’re affecting, and the future Silicon Valley is trying to build. This is episode 1 of Data Vampires, a special four-part series from Tech Won’t Save Us. The show is hosted by Paris Marx. Original production on Data Vampires was by Eric Wickham. Current production is by Kyla Hewson. Support the show on Patreon. Also mentioned in this episode: Preorder Hyperscale to support Paris at hyperscalebook.com. Senior cloud consultant Dwayne Monroe and Associate Professor in Economics Cecilia Rikap were interviewed for this episode. If you missed it, check out Cecilia Rikap’s latest chat with Paris here and grab her book The Rulers. Interviews with Jeff Bezos and The Oregonian journalist Mike Rogoway were cited. Support the show

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Paris’ new book Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires is coming out on October 20. To celebrate, we’re revisiting the series that planted the seeds for his deep dive into hyperscale data centers, the communities they’re affecting, and the future Silicon Valley is trying to build. This is episode 1 of Data Vampires, a special four-part series from Tech Won’t Save Us.

The show is hosted by Paris Marx. Original production on Data Vampires was by Eric Wickham. Current production is by Kyla Hewson. Support the show on Patreon.

Also mentioned in this episode:

  • Preorder Hyperscale to support Paris at hyperscalebook.com.
  • Senior cloud consultant Dwayne Monroe and Associate Professor in Economics Cecilia Rikap were interviewed for this episode.
  • If you missed it, check out Cecilia Rikap’s latest chat with Paris here and grab her book The Rulers.
  • Interviews with Jeff Bezos and The Oregonian journalist Mike Rogoway were cited.

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