Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires with Paris Marx

Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires with Paris Marx

Data centers actually predate the internet, but with the growing demands of cloud storage, crypto and of course AI, companies are scaling up, and finding new ways to deceive and exploit us all in the process. Journalist Paris Marx joins me today to examine how big tech is gambling away our planet in the pursuit of digital power.

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