#infrastructure

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Hello , welcome to a first (bit late) "Wednesday Noon Update" about the "!" project from . I try to give it to you every wednesday in the next two months...

Today we as students in the seminar " the " at presented our semester projects in the local old town hall. I talked about the "Shelter Challenge" in february and march: https://shelter.apgw.de/?lang=en&#challenge

Among the listeners was Martin Adamski, responsible for , , and in the city of Bielefeld. Also many people from the ecology department, the team, and city public relations were present. After the talks the local press interviewed some and made fotos. The city now analyses the input and will give us feedback in the near future...

One of …

in the front of this foto is a 3d-printed mini-shelter-hut on a piece of wood. in the unsharp background you can see some people in a big Rochdale-room in the old townhall of Bielefeld.

When you need a PR to this degree, you know you are in trouble.

"And Meta isn’t the only company trying to convince the public to embrace the data center boom. The Financial Timesreported this week that data center operators, including Digital Reality, QTS, and NTT Data, are planning a “lobbying blitz” to campaign in defense of new data centers in response to public backlash.

However, the recent winter storm that swept the country only highlighted the strain the power grid is already under, including areas around large data centers."


https://www.theverge.com/news/869008/meta-data-centers-ad-campaign

Calls For Detachment From US Tech Giants

The is calling on the to reduce dependence on U.S. tech giants by prioritizing EU-based , , and open-source . The report frames " Tech First," public procurement reform, and Public Money, Public Code as necessary self-defense against growing U.S. control over critical digital infrastructure.

https://slashdot.org/story/26/01/22/2253207/eu-parliament-calls-for-detachment-from-us-tech-giants?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

"On the outskirts of , one municipality is adjusting its streetlighting system in a way that departs from decades of urban convention. The solution looks minor. A colour change, visible mostly at night, only on certain streets. But the reasons behind the shift reflect a broader convergence of policy, targets and design."

https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/01/denmark-red-streetlights-urban-lighting-revolution/

Love this!!

"The Riseup Collective is an autonomous body based in Seattle with collective members world wide. Our purpose is to aid in the creation of a free society, a world with freedom from want and freedom of expression, a world without oppression or hierarchy, where power is shared equally. We do this by providing communication and computer resources to allies engaged in struggles against capitalism and other forms of oppression."

https://riseup.net/en/about-us

A beautiful day when tech companies are held responsible for their actions. Need to keep the pressure up!

“At least 25 projects across the US have been canceled following local backlash, according to a Heatmap Pro analysis published yesterday. “The truth is, infrastructure buildouts progress only when communities conclude that the benefits outweigh the cost,” Smith said.”


https://www.theverge.com/news/861080/microsoft-ai-data-center-infrastructure-electricity-rates

I can't honestly say I have any sympathy for people who feel betrayed by , considering that GitHub has always been a platform.

If you are a coder, why on Earth would you ever host your FOSS code on a non-FOSS system??

It's a recipe for betrayal. Andreesen Horowitz invested $100M USD in GitHub all the way back in 2012, and *now* you're upset??

https://ploum.net/2026-01-05-unteaching_github.html