The Nordic societies and the development of the data centre industry: Digital transformation meets infrastructural and industrial inheritance

While attempts to conceptualise the future course of societal development often emphasise high-level integration and blurring boundaries between physical digital space, transformation has already made current societies highly dependent on flawless functioning infrastructures built globally around data centres. This study provides a comprehensive analysis recent emergence maturation Nordic centre industry. paying special attention questions concerning technological change, as well industrial infrastructural inheritance, research explores field that short history but strong ties with processes can be traced back tens or even hundreds years. Examining continuity old new, focus is not only material infrastructure also policies practices have paved way for evolution stable relevant human capital business-friendly environments support incubation new industries deployment technologies.