The long read: Datacentres are part of Ireland’s vision of itself as a tech hub. There are now more than 80, using vast amounts of electricity. Have we entrusted our memories to a system that might destroy them?| the Guardian
This piece is the first in a new series from the Institute for Progress (IFP), called Compute in America: Building the Next Generation of AI Infrastructure at Home. In this series, we examine the challenges of accelerating the American AI data center buildout. Future pieces will be published| www.construction-physics.com
Imec’s plan to use superconductors to shrink computers| IEEE Spectrum
For the last several decades, one avenue of technological progress has towered over nearly everything else: semiconductors.| www.construction-physics.com
The overwhelming priority of energy policy must be making it easier to build things| Institute for Progress