Post #2192009
2026-05-04 16:49 UTC
our field research led us to talavera de la reina, located in a dry and economically stagnating region in central spain. the town had been chosen by meta as the site of its newest hyperscale data centre.
‘the fire has reached the stream. the green corridor is now black’. when i open the message, i am greeted by a short video showing a large plume of smoke emerging from the charred remains of the grass land I had still been wandering through only a few hours ago.
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@apsiapsi@typo.social 2026-05-04 16:51
when we visited the piece of land selected to host the new data centre, we were particularly interested in challenging the colonial idea of ‘empty’ land. if we widen our gaze beyond the purely economic value of the land, a whole new world opens up. will these more-than-human lives still be granted the space to thrive once the ‘cloud’ has materialised on the ground?