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Citations and Further Reading:

Paris’ new book is out now!

https://hyperscalebook.com/

Data center map

https://www.datacentermap.com

Metaverse/Crypto

https://www.theblock.co/news/web3/2022-12-08-decentraland-will-now-let-you-become-a-virtual-landlord-193353

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/metaverse-group-announces-plans-first-160000688.html

https://metaverse.properties/rent-in-decentraland/

https://youtu.be/Zxx1nX-UeWc

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/13/how-iceland-became-the-bitcoin-miners-paradise

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/15/inside-the-metaverse-economy-this-is-what-will-be-for-real-in-2022.html#:~:text=At%20the%20end%20of%202021%2C%20Intel%20estimated%20that%20Web3%20metaverse%20projects%20will%20eventually%20demand%20at%20least%201000x%20the%20computing%20power%20we%20have%20now

https://www.euromoney.com/article/29qsrspaenv99ky3vzrb4/fintech/the-coming-boom-in-metaverse-real-estate/

https://fortune.com/longform/wall-street-metaverse-web3-investors-roblox-meta-platforms-microsoft/

Data center harms

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/centennial-anniversary-caterpillar-growth-now-110000710.html

https://www.techpolicy.press/germanys-data-center-boom-is-pushing-the-power-grid-to-its-limits/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/23/sam-altman-openai-energy-use-datacenters

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/exelon-calvin-butler-ai-data-centers.html?eafs_enabled=false#:~:text=%E2%80%9CMore%20demand%2C%20less%20supply%2C%20everyone%20else%E2%80%99s%20costs%20go%20up%2C%E2%80%9D%20Mr.%20Butler%2C%2056%2C%20said

https://www.ft.com/content/14d2e591-7cd5-4456-904f-1b7fdc5cbc1a

https://youtu.be/DGjj7wDYaiI

https://youtu.be/2Eltf06-NiQ?t=164

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/datacenter-ai-drought-water

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/pollution-musks-unpermitted-xai-power-project-hits-hardest-black-communities-2026-07-14/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mpr1mvwj3o

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai-data-center-job-creation-48038b67

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/28/irish-datacentres-household-bills-electricity

https://www.ft.com/content/7800ba0f-1420-49fe-b260-9838632a19a4

https://doi.org/10.1177/03063127221124943

https://techpolicy.press/how-big-tech-lobbied-the-eu-to-hide-data-centers-environmental-toll

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/25/datacentres-facing-increase-in-global-climate-related-legal-cases-report-finds

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/03/irelands-data-centre-strain-a-cautionary-tale-for-rest-of-world-un-says/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/climate/xai-musk-mississippi-grok-turbine-lawsuit-naacp.html

https://beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/05/28/as-europe-bets-on-ai-and-data-centres-ireland-shows-the-risk-higher-electricity-bills-for-households/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-15/ai-data-centre-energy-impact-ireland-cautionary-tale/106758928

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