Data Centers: Jobs and Opportunities in Communities Nationwide

Pham, Nam

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“…Other expenses vary. Chief among these is electricity, 40% of the typical data center operating budget (Pham & Donovan, 2017). The largest providers benefit from an economy of scale that discourages new entrants (Sverdlik, 2016).…”

Section: A Brief History Of Internet Landlordsmentioning

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“…Utility expenses encourage consolidation, but so do construction costs. Like most real estate ventures, the biggest investments are paid upfront during construction: 73% of a typical data center’s initial capital expenditure (12 times their annual operating costs), is spent on the equipment within the data center facility (Pham & Donovan, 2017). Larger landlords have more cash on hand and can take on more debt to fund construction.…”

Section: A Brief History Of Internet Landlordsmentioning

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Landlords of the internet: Big data and big real estate

Greene

2022

Soc Stud Sci

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Who owns the internet? It depends where you look. The physical assets at the core of the internet, the warehouses that store the cloud’s data and interlink global networks, are owned not by technology firms like Google and Facebook but by commercial real estate barons who compete with malls and property storage empires. Granted an empire by the US at the moment of the internet’s commercialization, these internet landlords shaped how the network of networks that we call the internet physically connects, and how personal and business data is stored and transmitted. Under their governance, internet exchanges, colocation facilities, and data centers take on a double life as financialized real estate assets that circle the globe even as their servers and cables are firmly rooted in place. The history of internet landlords forces a fundamental reconsideration of the business model at the base of the internet. This history makes clear that the internet was never an exogenous shock to capitalist social relations, but rather a touchstone example of an economic system increasingly ruled by asset owners like landlords.

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Landlords of the internet: Big data and big real estate

Greene

2022

Soc Stud Sci

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Data and statecraft: why and how states localize data

Han

2024

Bus. Polit.

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This paper explores the motives and mechanisms behind data localization implemented by states to protect data, which is essential to emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence. Despite the significant negative aspects of data localization for states, the practice has become increasingly prevalent, leading to the unexplored question of why states choose to implement it. This suggests that data localization is a form of economic means derived from digital technologies and employed by states to serve political objectives. Focusing on the data in platforms, the theoretical mechanism of data localization is captured in light of two factors: network perception and security externality. Network perception pertains to a state’s perception of the positive network effect generated by platforms, while security externality refers to a state’s consideration of the security implications in relation to the economic benefits derived from the positive network effect, serving the national interest in domestic and/or international contexts. To substantiate these theoretical propositions, the paper employs a comparative case study approach where Vietnam, Singapore, and Indonesia have been chosen as empirical cases based on the selection strategy. The paper bridges the concept of economic statecraft with digital technologies, fosters interdisciplinary discussions, and offers policy implications.

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