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Server Manifesto
Data Center Architecture and the Future of Democracy
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Author: Niklas Maak
Graphic Design: Neil Holt
Contributions: Karsten Spengler
Illustrations: Niklas Maak, Studierende der Harvard Graduate School of Design, Studierende der Städelschule Frankfurt
English
June 2022,
112
Pages, 60 Photos
Paperback with Flaps
142mm x
210mm
ISBN:
978-3-7757-5070-7
| Server Farms as Sites of Participatory Power
Server farms are to the digital world what castles used to be: the seat of power. If data is the greatest collective treasure of a digital society, basic material for business and politics: Why are the places where it is stored still so invisible?
Together with students from the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, Niklas Maak shows what the future of the most important new building typology of the twenty-first century might look like—and what new collective places a city needs in the age of digitalization.
“This is a historic moment. Data has become the most valuable commodity in the world. We can’t leave it to a handful of tech giants. We must conceive of it as a public good and a critical public infrastructure, alongside roads, electricity, water, and clean air. To that end, we need what Niklas Maak calls a ‘Centre Pompidou for the digital age.’” — Francesca Bria
This book is also available in English.
Together with students from the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, Niklas Maak shows what the future of the most important new building typology of the twenty-first century might look like—and what new collective places a city needs in the age of digitalization.
“This is a historic moment. Data has become the most valuable commodity in the world. We can’t leave it to a handful of tech giants. We must conceive of it as a public good and a critical public infrastructure, alongside roads, electricity, water, and clean air. To that end, we need what Niklas Maak calls a ‘Centre Pompidou for the digital age.’” — Francesca Bria
This book is also available in English.
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