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Dismantling public values, one data center at the time
In this blog post Julia Velkova discusses the problematics related to data centres from the Nordic perspective: Are the Nordic States too reliant on tech giants to in the critical communication infrastructures of the Welfare state?
When politicians in the Nordics welcomed Big Tech for business, they hoped that Googles, Microsofts, Amazons and alike would bring jobs, wealth and brand value to struggling municipalities. – In Sörmland, Amazon Web Services has reserved 1/4 of the capacity of the grid in the area of Katrineholm and is currently preventing other data center actors and more job-intense industries to come and establish their businesses. In effect, both Microsoft and AWS are currently engaged in projects to build new power lines and diesel backup generators in order to secure even more access to electricity and grid capacities, entering in conflicts with local farmers and climate-concerned citizens.
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