At this point, I’ve been writing for decades. On this page you’ll find roll-ups and links to my recent work.
The Biggest Little Bill
Collected, downloadable version:
The Biggest Little Bill is a tech satire and civic noir. It was inspired by an overnight stay in Sparks, NV, during our family’s summer road trip. The Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRI), the world’s largest industrial park, is a real place. The $2 trillion capital expenditure on AI infrastructure, and the subsequent impact on local communities, is real. Osirtek’s data center, however, is fictional.
The story draws on months of research into data-center development across Nevada, the Dakotas, and New Mexico, including real reporting on water rights disputes, electricity rate hikes, and community outcry against “AI factories”. Karen Hao’s Empire of AI was also an inspiration. The work imagines what happens when one ordinary planner decides to push back.
Some links for further reading:
- ‘I can’t drink the water’ - life next to a US data centre
- Amazon Strategized to Keep its Datacenters’ Full Water Use Secret
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