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Vili Lehdonvirta

@ViliLe

Tech policy professor at @CSAalto and @oiioxford. How economics and geopolitics shape the global geography of cloud and AI. Digital Economic Security Lab DIESL.
Oxford / Helsinki diesl.eu Joined February 2010
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Vili Lehdonvirta @ViliLe
I'm working on a new research project: The political geography of AI infrastructure. We're basically mapping cloud data centres, GPUs, and supercomputers. Expect a working paper in a couple of months. oii.ox.ac.uk/research/proje… #cloud #AI
www.oii.ox.ac.uk OII | The political geography of AI infrastructure This project aims to map where in the world the data centers that make up the computational infrastructure of AI research are located and who owns them. It will also investigate government policies...
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"The captain of a Hong Kong-flagged container ship has been remanded in custody on suspicion of severing a critical Baltic Sea gas pipeline running between Estonia and Finland two years ago."
Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham May 9, 2025
Super interesting

The captain of the Hong Kong-flagged NewNew Polar Bear that cut cables in the Baltic Sea is facing charges related to the incident... in Hong Kong!

scmp.com/news/hong-kong…
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From Microsoft's announcement: “In the unlikely event we are ever ordered by any government to suspend cloud operations in Europe, Microsoft will promptly contest such a measure in court... Finally, we will designate and rely upon European partners for operational continuity."
FT Technology News Verified account @fttechnews Apr 30, 2025
Microsoft vows to protect European operations from Trump ft.trib.al/Mk68uN6
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Vili Lehdonvirta @ViliLe
US-China cloud competition, sovereign clouds, environmental impacts, and local opposition to data centres in our Digital Economic Security zoom seminar this term. Open to researchers and students from any university or research institution: diesl.eu/digital-econom…
diesl.eu Digital Economic Security Seminar - Spring 2025 Programme - DIESL Digital Economic Security Lab Organisers/Hosts: Vili Lehdonvirta, Philipp Riederle Sessions: Tuesdays, 12pm–1pm (UK time), during Oxford term time, via Zoom Participation: Open to researchers and students from any university or...