When the clouds went north: Exploring landscapes of data centres and extraction in Northern Sweden

• Main Author: Årström, Hanna
• Other Authors: Bhowmik, Samir, Taiteiden ja suunnittelun korkeakoulu, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, media, Niinimäki, Matti, Aalto University, Aalto-yliopisto
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: data centres; media infrastructure; Sweden; Norrbotten; indigenous peoples; geology; mineral extraction; film; Jokkmokk; Luleå; Malmberget; Northern Sweden; Sámi
• Online Access: https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/107040

In recent years, infrastructure for new media has attracted great interest in both academic discourse and media art. The amount of data globally is growing exponentially, leading to a surge in data centres. Over the past decade, the Nordics have been subjected to a rapid expansion of data centres. D...