Digital conquest : spatiality, energy and data centres / Fanny Lopez and Cécile Diguet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lopez, Fanny, author.

Diguet, Cécile, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Data centers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 199 pages) : illustrations (colour), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025.

Summary:

In an era of exponential digital growth, the physical impact of data flows is reshaping our cities and energy infrastructures. This book uncovers the hidden world of data centres, from vast complexes in Virginia to digital suburbs in Paris and innovative facilities in Sweden. Through twenty insightful case studies from Europe and the US, it reveals how these often-overlooked infrastructures influence urban change and energy consumption. Written for readers interested in urban planning, sustainability and technology, this book sparks a vital dialogue on sustainable futures and provides crucial insights to help shape policies concerning digital and energy landscapes.

Contents:

Front Matter / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Contents / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

List of Figures / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

About the Authors / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Acknowledgements / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Introduction / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

The Smart City at Half-Mast: Storing Data to Counter Crises

Modelling Degrowth: The Utopia of the Informational and Communicational City / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

The Internet Infrastructure: From Dispersion to Centralization / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

An Infrastructure without Architecture? / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Scales, Typologies and Siting Strategies of Data Centres / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

A Globalized Territorial Continuum

In the Dense City / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

In Urban Outskirts, Growing Digital Areas / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Isolated in Rural Zones / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Growth, Acceleration and Digital Productivism / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Energy Disturbances and Conflicts of Use

Rising Electricity Consumption and Territorial Destabilization / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Ile-de-France in the Quest for a Strategy / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Infrastructural Redundancies and Difficult Pooling / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

The Dutch and Swedish Examples: Integrated Urban Approaches / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Another Digital: Rethinking the Network and Its Infrastructures

Cyberattacks and Political Intrusions: States Seeking Independence / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

The Peer-to-Peer Solution: Organizing a System Distributed among Equals / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Self-Management and Technological Sovereignty: Decentralized Digital Infrastructures / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Resilience and Inclusion: Systems Faced with Disconnection / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

The Ecological Footprint of Alternative Digital Infrastructures / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Alternative Futures: Three Possible Digital Worlds

New Digital Worlds / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Conclusion / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Bibliography / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Index / Fanny Lopez, Cecile Diguet

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 1, 2026).

ISBN:

1-5292-5216-4

1-5292-5218-0

OCLC:

1527719977