Join us on May 9th at 16.00 for a(nother) data centre walk to the controversial Microsoft hyperscaler under construction on the Plimsollweg, near Sloterdijk station. Infrastructure walks are like guided tours of the city, or birdwatching expeditions – but instead of pointing out noteworthy architectural details of historical buildings or showing participants how to best observe particular species of birds, we will explore the digital public infrastructures that are deployed in public spaces. In this case, a piece of land undergoing an infrastructural transformation into a speculative Cloud factory.

During our previous walk on March 6th, we discussed the 10-year-long financial speculation over this piece of land, the layers of subcontracting that hide Microsoft as the tenant of the hyperscaler, the municipality’s zoning policy, and the implications of such a project on the health of the land, water, local residents, and on our ability to access electricity equitably.

We return to the same site two months later to check on the construction progress, as well as to continue our discussions on these topics. We will end at De Sering with a community dinner, followed by a collaborative session to exchange about ways of responding to the harmful effects of this and comparable Cloud infrastructure projects.

Please register here so we can share information about the walk closer to the date.