The rapid expansion of generative AI, cloud computing and cryptocurrency is driving unprecedented demand for data centres. Governments increasingly treat these facilities as essential infrastructure and compete to attract them through accelerated permitting, public subsidies and preferential access to energy and land. At the same time, communities are beginning to contest their demands on electricity, water and territory, as well as the secrecy surrounding their environmental and fiscal consequences.
Posts in Category: Call for papers
GiKii 2025 – Technology in its villain era – Call for Papers
Has technology’s slouch towards evermore and inevitable progress condemned it to live long enough to see itself become a villain? Should some tech (bros) have died decades ago so that they could be buried a hero? Or maybe the more things change, the more they stay the same…
Call for Papers: GenAI & Creative Practices
Responsible Digital Transformations would like to invite you to submit proposals to the GenAI & Creative Practices conference, which will take place at the University of Amsterdam on 17 & 18 December 2025.