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Meta recently announced project Waterworth, the company’s plan to build the world’s longest submarine cable system. In this blog post, OII’s Professor Vili Lehdonvirta and DPhil candidate Anniki Mikelsaar ask what geopolitical and economic significance this massive new infrastructure project may have. Key findings How big tech is rewiring the world When data moves between…

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Today’s societies are highly reliant on digital services, but the infrastructures behind these services are undergoing a silent revolution. Data storage and computation are moving from users’ own devices and on-premises servers into hyperscale data centres operated by multinational cloud computing providers. This “shift to cloud” is a prime example concentration and servitization taking place…

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The seminar runs via Zoom on Tuesdays 12pm-1pm UK time during Oxford term time. Participation is open to researchers and students from any university or research institution. Please send your name and affiliation to philipp.riederle@oii.ox.ac.uk if you would like to join. About the Oxford-Aalto Digital Economic Security Seminar Today’s economies are critically dependent on transnational…

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Application closes on: 9.1.2025 Location: Aalto University, Helsinki area, Finland Start date: March 2025 Post duration: 3 years in the first instance, with a 1-year extension negotiable Professor Vili Lehdonvirta is hiring a postdoctoral researcher with quantitative analysis skills to work on GEOCLOUD: The Geopolitics of Cloud Computing, a new European Research Council Advanced Grant…

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The seminar runs via Zoom on Tuesdays 12pm-1pm UK time during Oxford term time. Participation is open to researchers and students from any university or research institution. Please send your name and affiliation to philipp.riederle@oii.ox.ac.uk if you would like to join. About the Oxford-Aalto Digital Economic Security Seminar Today’s economies are critically dependent on transnational…

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