INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
extracting data, water, and labor to fuel a digital dominion.Journalist Karen Howe, in her book Empire of AI, draws a chilling parallel,
Indian rulers and British policy to amass riches
threatens democratic sovereignty, as firms shape policies to favor their empires, much as the EIC dictated colonial law.(The history of the
centers siphon water from drought-stricken areas, like Montevideo, Uruguay, where residents drank toxic wastewater while Google proposed a
inequality.A Venezuelan refugee in Colombia, battling diabetes, sprinted to claim fleeting tasks, her life controlled by algorithms.By 2028,
sparked the 1857 Indian Rebellion, forcing British intervention
lagging [12].Yet, resistance is rising
Chilean activists stalled a Google data center for five years, forcing accountability.Artists sue over data theft, and EU citizens reject
cookies to reclaim privacy
impoverishing communities and dismantling democracy.Two-thirds of these centers siphon water from drought-stricken areasConclusionAI giants
are modern East India Companies, extracting wealth and power with colonial zeal
Artificial Intelligence Market Size.Reuters
AI Data Centers and Water Scarcity.CIGI
Data Colonialism in Africa.New York Times
Deepfakes Disrupt Global Elections.Reuters
Future of Jobs Report.MIT Technology Review
AI and Inequality.Reuters
