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Between 2018 and 2024, the American company Digital Realty built four data centers at the Port of Marseille-Fos, an industrial hub located on the northern coast of Marseille. The port seized the opportunity offered by the city's growing role in global data exchanges. Over the past decade, Marseille has risen from 44th to 5th place among the world's most connected cities. Since 2021, the city of Marseille and activist groups have been contesting the establishment of data centers. In this context, this presentation will examine how the convergence (or divergence) of interests between regional state agencies and private infrastructure players influences the establishment of data centers in Marseille.

Biography: Loup Cellard holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (University of Warwick, UK). He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at LISN and a member of the observatory on the environmental impact of AI at the ENS's AI and Society Institute. Previously, Loup Cellard was a researcher at the Datactivist cooperative.

 

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