News and Research articles on Infrastructural power

Volume 13, Issue 2

Monitoring infrastructural power: Methodological challenges in studying mobile infrastructures for datafication

Stine Lomborg, University of Copenhagen
Kristian Sick, University of Copenhagen
Sofie Flensburg, University of Copenhagen
Signe Sophus Lai, University of Copenhagen
PUBLISHED ON: 26 Jun 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.2.1763

The article outlines and discusses the methodological conditions for studying software development kits as an empirical entry point to research on mobile infrastructures for datafication.

KEYWORDS: Infrastructure, Mobile apps, Software development kit (SDK), Datafication, Infrastructural power
Volume 13, Issue 2

Platform power in AI: The evolution of cloud infrastructures in the political economy of artificial intelligence

Dieuwertje Luitse, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 26 Jun 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.2.1768

This paper empirically explores how AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud strategically attempt to operationalise infrastructural power in AI development and implementation through their ecosystems for cloud AI.

KEYWORDS: Infrastructural power, Artificial intelligence, Evolution, Political economy, Cloud computing