Hyperscale (ambition, Power And The Relentless Rise Of Data Empires: Longlisted For The Ft Business Book Award 2026)
By (author) Marx, Paris
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By (author) Marx, Paris
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Award-winning tech critic Paris Marx traces the devastating physical footprints of our digital world
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LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2026 A NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK FOR OCTOBER 2026 ''A tremendous contribution to a debate that is of existential importance to us all'' NAOMI KLEIN ''The book that Big Tech does not want you to read'' MALCOM HARRIS ''Excellent and timely'' KAREN HAO The cloud is an ethereal world of convenience and freedom. A place where memories and messages live nowhere and everywhere. But on the ground, sprawling server farms power our online world - while plundering our physical one. Delving into the labyrinthine industry of data centres that are now multiplying at an alarming rate, Hyperscale is an urgent exposé of the ruinous physical infrastructure of the digital age. In the race to meet the AI revolution, tech overlords are waging a resource war as they trade our future for their profit. Marx unmasks a civilisational time bomb in the making with razor-sharp reporting and analysis to show that the greatest threat is not the spectre of AI, but a global disaster that has already begun.
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Combining historical research with investigative reporting and lucid analysis, Paris Marx cuts through the industry hype to expose the immeasurable costs of Big Tech''s AI arms race. A tremendous contribution to a debate that is of existential importance to us all
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An excellent, timely compendium of the history and layered social, environmental, and health impacts of data centres for anyone who seeks to understand the jaw-dropping numbers and real human-scale stories behind the headlines
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A catalogue of the drawbacks of data centre development, Hyperscale is a book Big Tech does not want you to read
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A polemical on-the-ground investigation into the rapid spread of data centres and their impact on the environment and the communities where Big Tech is building them ... focusing on the people and places affected by their ambitious plans
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A deep investigation into the physical impact of AI data centers around the world, and the toll they are taking on local communities and the global environment
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If you want to understand where the future is heading, you have to read Paris Marx''s Hyperscale. Urgent and illuminating, this is a perfect primer for the key infrastructure of the twenty-first century
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Marx turns one of the most pressing political, economic and ecological issues of our time into a truly human story ... data centres might just be the issue that can unite us all
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Realistic and inspiring. While the book documents the harms of the broligarchy''s attempt to cover the entire planet with datacenters and create a world in which we can''t live without them, Marx also highlights movements building ''human scale'' technology, helping us liberate our imagination from the singular path we''ve been sold by the AI industry
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An urgent, deeply reported examination of how the relentless expansion of data centers is reshaping communities, economies, and the environment. The portrait that emerges is both eye-opening and alarming, with Marx''s central conclusion striking in its clarity. Timely and persuasive, this revelatory account is difficult to ignore
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Praise for Road to Nowhere: Marx''s invaluable book explains how and why big tech''s utopian transit projects crashed and burned and what the alternative might look like
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Sharply rendered, compelling, and illuminating
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Marx [delivers] an astute critique of Silicon Valley and compelling vision of
Short description/annotation:
Award-winning tech critic Paris Marx traces the devastating physical footprints of our digital world
Description:
LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2026 A NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK FOR OCTOBER 2026 ''A tremendous contribution to a debate that is of existential importance to us all'' NAOMI KLEIN ''The book that Big Tech does not want you to read'' MALCOM HARRIS ''Excellent and timely'' KAREN HAO The cloud is an ethereal world of convenience and freedom. A place where memories and messages live nowhere and everywhere. But on the ground, sprawling server farms power our online world - while plundering our physical one. Delving into the labyrinthine industry of data centres that are now multiplying at an alarming rate, Hyperscale is an urgent exposé of the ruinous physical infrastructure of the digital age. In the race to meet the AI revolution, tech overlords are waging a resource war as they trade our future for their profit. Marx unmasks a civilisational time bomb in the making with razor-sharp reporting and analysis to show that the greatest threat is not the spectre of AI, but a global disaster that has already begun.
Review quote:
Combining historical research with investigative reporting and lucid analysis, Paris Marx cuts through the industry hype to expose the immeasurable costs of Big Tech''s AI arms race. A tremendous contribution to a debate that is of existential importance to us all
Review quote:
An excellent, timely compendium of the history and layered social, environmental, and health impacts of data centres for anyone who seeks to understand the jaw-dropping numbers and real human-scale stories behind the headlines
Review quote:
A catalogue of the drawbacks of data centre development, Hyperscale is a book Big Tech does not want you to read
Review quote:
A polemical on-the-ground investigation into the rapid spread of data centres and their impact on the environment and the communities where Big Tech is building them ... focusing on the people and places affected by their ambitious plans
Review quote:
A deep investigation into the physical impact of AI data centers around the world, and the toll they are taking on local communities and the global environment
Review quote:
If you want to understand where the future is heading, you have to read Paris Marx''s Hyperscale. Urgent and illuminating, this is a perfect primer for the key infrastructure of the twenty-first century
Review quote:
Marx turns one of the most pressing political, economic and ecological issues of our time into a truly human story ... data centres might just be the issue that can unite us all
Review quote:
Realistic and inspiring. While the book documents the harms of the broligarchy''s attempt to cover the entire planet with datacenters and create a world in which we can''t live without them, Marx also highlights movements building ''human scale'' technology, helping us liberate our imagination from the singular path we''ve been sold by the AI industry
Review quote:
An urgent, deeply reported examination of how the relentless expansion of data centers is reshaping communities, economies, and the environment. The portrait that emerges is both eye-opening and alarming, with Marx''s central conclusion striking in its clarity. Timely and persuasive, this revelatory account is difficult to ignore
Review quote:
Praise for Road to Nowhere: Marx''s invaluable book explains how and why big tech''s utopian transit projects crashed and burned and what the alternative might look like
Review quote:
Sharply rendered, compelling, and illuminating
Review quote:
Marx [delivers] an astute critique of Silicon Valley and compelling vision of
