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The Cloud Has Fallen to Earth and Is Swallowing Everything in Its Path

Behind the language of innovation lies an infrastructure that is reshaping bills, landscapes, energy systems, and security before the public grasps what is really at stake.

Geography

Welcome to Yakutsk, the coldest city in the world

In Yakutsk, engines are rarely switched off, fur coats are almost never removed, and waiting for the morning bus in −40°C is part of daily life. Yet despite the brutal cold, the warmth of the people remains unmistakable.

Panorama of the city of Yakutsk (source: geliovostok.ru / WikiMedia / CC BY 4.0)

Either in their own model, or plugged into someone else’s socket. Technology

Computing power is the new oil — states will have to "rent someone else’s mind"

Computing power is becoming the new global resource: an invisible force dividing nations into those that think for themselves and those that rent someone else’s mind.