We're marching in Edinburgh on the 14th to say no to hyperscale data centres- will you join us?
November 3, 2026 at 10:31 AM
We're marching in Edinburgh on the 14th to say no to hyperscale data centres- will you join us?
Interesting from BBC: "Four planned "hyperscale" data centres - including three in the south of England - are already considering using gas-fired power to meet their electricity needs, creating more CO2 than the cities of Manchester, Liverpool and Southampton combined." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AI data centres could undermine UK's net zero goals
Four planned "hyperscale" data centres consider using gas-fired power for their electricity needs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Interesting from BBC: "Four planned "hyperscale" data centres - including three in the south of England - are already considering using gas-fired power to meet their electricity needs, creating more CO2 than the cities of Manchester, Liverpool and Southampton combined." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Vaikka kirjaimellisesti yksikään maa, joka tähän hyperscale-huuhaaseen on lähteny mukaan, ei ole onnistunut kehittämään myyttistä "vihreää datakeskusta" tai tuottamaan tarvittavaa määrää sähköä vihreästi, niin Suomen erillisdatakeskukset on vihreitä, eikä sähkön hintakaan nouse.
AI data centres could undermine UK's net zero goals
Four planned "hyperscale" data centres consider using gas-fired power for their electricity needs.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Vaikka kirjaimellisesti yksikään maa, joka tähän hyperscale-huuhaaseen on lähteny mukaan, ei ole onnistunut kehittämään myyttistä "vihreää datakeskusta" tai tuottamaan tarvittavaa määrää sähköä vihreästi, niin Suomen erillisdatakeskukset on vihreitä, eikä sähkön hintakaan nouse.
parents, please check your kids’ candy. we cut open a Snickers bar and found plans for a hyperscale data center
October 30, 2026 at 12:23 PM
parents, please check your kids’ candy. we cut open a Snickers bar and found plans for a hyperscale data center
Missed the HYPERSCALE launch in NYC? I’ll be hitting a bunch of other US cities over the next week.
Come join me and my fantastic guests to discuss the data center backlash — and get me to sign your book!
RSVP and more info: parismarx.com/speaking/
Come join me and my fantastic guests to discuss the data center backlash — and get me to sign your book!
RSVP and more info: parismarx.com/speaking/
November 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Missed the HYPERSCALE launch in NYC? I’ll be hitting a bunch of other US cities over the next week.
Come join me and my fantastic guests to discuss the data center backlash — and get me to sign your book!
RSVP and more info: parismarx.com/speaking/
Come join me and my fantastic guests to discuss the data center backlash — and get me to sign your book!
RSVP and more info: parismarx.com/speaking/
Grab your copy of HYPERSCALE today!
🚨 TODAY’S THE DAY 📚
After years of work, my new book HYPERSCALE is finally on bookshelves!
It chronicles the data center boom just as the backlash is reaching a fever pitch.
Get your copy today: hyperscalebook.com
After years of work, my new book HYPERSCALE is finally on bookshelves!
It chronicles the data center boom just as the backlash is reaching a fever pitch.
Get your copy today: hyperscalebook.com
October 30, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Grab your copy of HYPERSCALE today!
Proposed hyperscale data centers across Kentucky have sparked local opposition. Some candidates are now trying to harness voter frustration with the AI facilities this election. #kyga26
Here are six Kentucky counties where data centers could factor into local elections
Proposed hyperscale data centers across Kentucky have sparked local opposition. Some candidates are now trying to harness voter frustration with the AI facilities this election.
www.lpm.org
November 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Proposed hyperscale data centers across Kentucky have sparked local opposition. Some candidates are now trying to harness voter frustration with the AI facilities this election. #kyga26
Strong contender for the most important argument against widespread development of hyperscale data centers.
An increasing number of data centers are running a half dozen 747 jet engines in the parking lot 24/7 to generate electricity.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/c...
Old, Polluting Jet Engines Are Being Scavenged to Power Data Centers (Gift Article)
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Strong contender for the most important argument against widespread development of hyperscale data centers.
The Grand Union Canal that runs through Iver, Buckinghamshire, is home to bats, skylarks and kingfishers. It may also soon be home to three hyperscale AI data centres sited within 500m of each other.
Wildlife won't experience these facilities as isolated developments.
Wildlife won't experience these facilities as isolated developments.
November 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The Grand Union Canal that runs through Iver, Buckinghamshire, is home to bats, skylarks and kingfishers. It may also soon be home to three hyperscale AI data centres sited within 500m of each other.
Wildlife won't experience these facilities as isolated developments.
Wildlife won't experience these facilities as isolated developments.
This pin was built for hypERSCale
October 29, 2026 at 10:19 PM
This pin was built for hypERSCale
Everything you should know about AI Data Centres (with Paris Marx, author of Hyperscale) youtu.be/oC2ie4L48s0?...
Everything you should know about AI Data Centres (with Paris Marx, author of Hyperscale)
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
youtu.be
November 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Everything you should know about AI Data Centres (with Paris Marx, author of Hyperscale) youtu.be/oC2ie4L48s0?...
On Sunday afternoon, you’ll find me in Oakland for a discussion about HYPERSCALE with @alexhanna.bsky.social at Clio’s!
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hyperscale...
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hyperscale...
November 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
On Sunday afternoon, you’ll find me in Oakland for a discussion about HYPERSCALE with @alexhanna.bsky.social at Clio’s!
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hyperscale...
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hyperscale...
Great to go back on Better Offline to chat with @edzitron.com about my new book HYPERSCALE, the data center buildout, and what’s going on with the AI industry.
In this episode, @edzitron.com is joined by @techwontsave.us, author of the new data center book “Hyperscale,” to talk about the AI buildout, the community groundswell against data centers, and how both politicians and the media fail to hold the powerful accountable.
linktr.ee/betteroffline
linktr.ee/betteroffline
October 31, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Great to go back on Better Offline to chat with @edzitron.com about my new book HYPERSCALE, the data center buildout, and what’s going on with the AI industry.
60 doughnuts a day could undermine my diet goals
AI data centres could undermine UK's net zero goals
Four planned "hyperscale" data centres consider using gas-fired power for their electricity needs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2026 at 8:22 AM
60 doughnuts a day could undermine my diet goals
AI data centres could undermine UK's emissions goals. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AI data centres could undermine UK's net zero goals
Four planned "hyperscale" data centres consider using gas-fired power for their electricity needs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
AI data centres could undermine UK's emissions goals. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
TOMORROW join me and @beccalew.bsky.social for a conversation about HYPERSCALE at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social in Cambridge, MA!
More info here: www.harvard.com/event/paris-...
More info here: www.harvard.com/event/paris-...
November 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM
TOMORROW join me and @beccalew.bsky.social for a conversation about HYPERSCALE at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social in Cambridge, MA!
More info here: www.harvard.com/event/paris-...
More info here: www.harvard.com/event/paris-...
Check out this map of areas that are more vulnerable to data center construction ncrc.org/hyperscale-d...
Mapping Hyperscale Harm – NCRC
ncrc.org
November 2, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Check out this map of areas that are more vulnerable to data center construction ncrc.org/hyperscale-d...
“These science‑fictional ideas are directly relevant to the question of data centers because more computation is necessary to achieve those dreams.”
In a new excerpt from HYPERSCALE, I describe how tech billionaires’ longtermist dreams directly influence the need for massive data centers.
In a new excerpt from HYPERSCALE, I describe how tech billionaires’ longtermist dreams directly influence the need for massive data centers.
Longtermism Is How Tech Billionaires Justify Their Destructive Ambitions
In this excerpt from Hyperscale, Paris Marx shows how the longtermist worldview of technofascists like Sam Altman and Curtis Yarvin prioritizes funding hypothetical futures over our current reality.
politicalresearch.org
October 30, 2026 at 11:53 AM
“These science‑fictional ideas are directly relevant to the question of data centers because more computation is necessary to achieve those dreams.”
In a new excerpt from HYPERSCALE, I describe how tech billionaires’ longtermist dreams directly influence the need for massive data centers.
In a new excerpt from HYPERSCALE, I describe how tech billionaires’ longtermist dreams directly influence the need for massive data centers.
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Protect Port Melbourne: Pause the AI Hyperscale Data Centre
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November 1, 2026 at 3:26 AM
That’s it. Thread done. Gonna end with two plugs:
@parismarx.com’s book, Hyperscale, is very good and you should read it. (I write much more about the books that frustrate me than the ones I like. It’s a bad habit. I’m working on it.)
bookshop.org/p/books/hype...
@parismarx.com’s book, Hyperscale, is very good and you should read it. (I write much more about the books that frustrate me than the ones I like. It’s a bad habit. I’m working on it.)
bookshop.org/p/books/hype...
Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 FINANCIAL TIMES & STANDARD CHARTERED BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD“A tremendous contribution to a debate that is of existential importance to us all.” —Naomi Klein, bests...
bookshop.org
October 31, 2026 at 4:36 PM
That’s it. Thread done. Gonna end with two plugs:
@parismarx.com’s book, Hyperscale, is very good and you should read it. (I write much more about the books that frustrate me than the ones I like. It’s a bad habit. I’m working on it.)
bookshop.org/p/books/hype...
@parismarx.com’s book, Hyperscale, is very good and you should read it. (I write much more about the books that frustrate me than the ones I like. It’s a bad habit. I’m working on it.)
bookshop.org/p/books/hype...
I've started reading Hyperscale having pre-ordered. As a long-term listener to Tech Won't Save Us, I had high hopes. You didn't disappoint @parismarx.com, well done!
“These science‑fictional ideas are directly relevant to the question of data centers because more computation is necessary to achieve those dreams.”
In a new excerpt from HYPERSCALE, I describe how tech billionaires’ longtermist dreams directly influence the need for massive data centers.
In a new excerpt from HYPERSCALE, I describe how tech billionaires’ longtermist dreams directly influence the need for massive data centers.
Longtermism Is How Tech Billionaires Justify Their Destructive Ambitions
In this excerpt from Hyperscale, Paris Marx shows how the longtermist worldview of technofascists like Sam Altman and Curtis Yarvin prioritizes funding hypothetical futures over our current reality.
politicalresearch.org
October 30, 2026 at 11:56 AM
I've started reading Hyperscale having pre-ordered. As a long-term listener to Tech Won't Save Us, I had high hopes. You didn't disappoint @parismarx.com, well done!
Throws hands up in despair www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AI data centres could undermine UK's net zero goals
Four planned "hyperscale" data centres consider using gas-fired power for their electricity needs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Throws hands up in despair www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Proposed hyperscale data centers across Kentucky have sparked local opposition. Some candidates are now trying to harness voter frustration with the AI facilities this election. www.lpm.org/news/2026-11...
Here are six Kentucky counties where data centers could factor into local elections
Proposed hyperscale data centers across Kentucky have sparked local opposition. Some candidates are now trying to harness voter frustration with the AI facilities this election.
www.lpm.org
November 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Proposed hyperscale data centers across Kentucky have sparked local opposition. Some candidates are now trying to harness voter frustration with the AI facilities this election. www.lpm.org/news/2026-11...
Just don’t endorse hyperscale data centers for union workers
November 2, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Just don’t endorse hyperscale data centers for union workers