Digital Materiality

Read in the Globe and Mail

Quebec is touting its cool climate, plentiful water supply, relatively cheap, clean and reliable electricity supply and attractive high-tech talent pool as reasons that make the province the ideal place for the high-heat generating, energy-hungry data warehouses.

Made me think of apocalyptic visions where the power supply is cut. Odd little world when a plug makes one think of memento mori.

And so for day 909
09.06.2009