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The Truth About Data Centers w/ Paris Marx

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:00:00 -0000

In this episode, Ed is joined by Paris Marx, author of the new data center book “Hyperscale,” to talk about the AI buildout, the community groundswell against data centers, and how both politicians and the media fail to hold the powerful accountable.

Tech Won't Save Us: https://techwontsave.us/episodes
Hyperscale Book: https://hyperscalebook.com/
Disconnect Blog: https://disconnect.blog/

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Monologue: Amazon Is Warehousing Billions In GPUs

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 04:00:00 -0000

In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how Amazon is warehousing billions of dollars of GPUs, and how NVIDIA created an artificial supply chain crisis by forcing hyperscalers to take early delivery of its AI chips.

Business Insider: Amazon is buying billions in Nvidia AI systems it can't yet turn on
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-nvidia-ai-gpu-data-centers-power-shortages-2026-10?utm_campaign=business-link-post&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Newsletter: AI Had Better Work Out
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The Mind of Larry Ellison w/ Tom Dotan

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:00:00 -0000

In this week's Better Offline, Ed Zitron is joined by writer Tom Dotan to talk about the life of Larry Ellison, his children, his companies, his decades of existential crises, and how all he really cares about is his own individual legacy.

Tom’s story on Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/story/larry-ellison-profile?srsltid=AU7gw4U1qN-QypB2hyj-E4wJoas1nKH1KI3dlXxSJrUS4_O1QWVtz8WO
https://archive.ph/MCSfk (archive link)

https://x.com/cityofthetown

https://substack.com/@tdotan

Tom’s latest story on Lightspeed Capital: https://www.newcomer.co/p/after-missing-ais-early-days-lightspeed

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