Data Vampires Redux: Going Hyperscale (Episode 1)

Tech Won't Save Us by Paris Marx

Sep 3, 202635:59Technology

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,...

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