All That Is Solid Melts Into Data, All That Is Solid Melts Into Data

Equal parts building and machine, data centers are the unwitting monuments of knowledge production to the digital turn. The film traces the historical evolution of these structures that make-up “the cloud”, the physical repositories for the exponentially growing amount of human activity, while our “smart tools” for communication become increasingly smaller and sleeker. This film tries to elucidate their social, environmental and economic impact.Levin Boaz Ryan Jeffery