Tanmaie Kailash

Localized Imaginaries, Global Assets: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and the Assetization of Data Centers in Singapore

As data infrastructures expand globally, the environmental and spatial imaginaries guiding data center development have become standardized, privileging temperate climates, abundant land, and low-cost energy. Singapore presents a paradox: a tropical, land-scarce city-state that nonetheless ranks among the densest data…