What’s It Like Inside a Data Center? What’s It Like Inside a Data Center?
Northern Virginia is laden with structures that house data for Fortune 500 companies. I went inside just one of those monstrosities that bothers its neighbors.
Oct 24, 2026 / Paris Marx
Too Much Computer: Ingrid Burrington Discusses “Hyperscale” With Paris Marx Too Much Computer: Ingrid Burrington Discusses “Hyperscale” With Paris Marx
Paris Marx is interviewed by Ingrid Burrington about his new book “Hyperscale,” the financial forces driving data center expansion, and its hidden social and environmental costs.
Oct 22, 2026 / Podcast / Paris Marx
Brazil’s Data Center Boom Is Enabled by Renewables Firms—With Laís Martins Brazil’s Data Center Boom Is Enabled by Renewables Firms—With Laís Martins
Paris Marx and a tech reporter for The Intercept Brazil discuss how Brazil’s renewable energy industry is fueling data center expansion, greenwashing, and harm to local communitie...
Oct 8, 2026 / Podcast / Paris Marx
The AI Buildout Is a Boon for the Fossil Fuel Industry—With Ketan Joshi The AI Buildout Is a Boon for the Fossil Fuel Industry—With Ketan Joshi
Paris Marx talks to Ketan Joshi about how the data center buildout is driving a surge in fossil fuel investment, and how it’s all playing out in Australia.
Oct 1, 2026 / Podcast / Paris Marx
How Mass Layoffs Changed Working in Tech—Clarissa Redwine & JS Tan How Mass Layoffs Changed Working in Tech—Clarissa Redwine & JS Tan
Discussing the state of worker organizing in the tech industry, including how it’s changed since the mid-2010s and where it needs to go from here.
Aug 27, 2026 / Podcast / Paris Marx
Tech Fascism Has Come for American Democracy—With Gil Durán Tech Fascism Has Come for American Democracy—With Gil Durán
Paris Marx is joined by Gil Durán to discuss Silicon Valley’s embrace of far-right politics and the tech billionaires seeking to consolidate corporate and political power.
Aug 20, 2026 / Podcast / Paris Marx
Government Is Putting AI Before People and the Planet—With Matt Haugen Government Is Putting AI Before People and the Planet—With Matt Haugen
Paris Marx is joined by Matt Haugen to discuss how AI policy benefits tech giants at the planet’s expense—and what a people- and climate-first alternative could look like.
Aug 13, 2026 / Paris Marx
Shopify’s Leaders Are Pushing Right-Wing Politics in Canada—With Rachel Gilmore Shopify’s Leaders Are Pushing Right-Wing Politics in Canada—With Rachel Gilmore
Paris Marx talks to Rachel Gilmore about how Canadian tech companies like Shopify are pushing terrible right-wing policy ideas while influencing Mark Carney’s agenda.
Aug 6, 2026 / Podcast / Paris Marx
How Cloud Giants Wield Their Power Against Us All—With Cecilia Rikap How Cloud Giants Wield Their Power Against Us All—With Cecilia Rikap
Paris Marx talks to Cecilia Rikap about how networks of corporate power systematically influence global politics and the economy.
Jul 30, 2026 / Podcast / Paris Marx
Librarians Are Helping the Public Ditch AI—With Hannah Cyrus & Alison Macrina Librarians Are Helping the Public Ditch AI—With Hannah Cyrus & Alison Macrina
Paris Marx is joined by Hannah Cyrus and Alison Macrina to discuss the role of library workers in the digital landscape.
Jul 23, 2026 / Podcast / Paris Marx
