Is it a good idea for governments to be investing massively in data centers?
Our answer is yes. Computing is becoming as fundamental as electricity, but public money carries a duty private money does not: it must not leave citizens worse off.
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Anneer's research is organised around six connected areas where public policy meets economics and society.
Energy and Climate
How the energy transition redistributes wealth, power and risk between and within countries.
Who Is Benefiting from Green Energy?
Renewable power is a deflationary technology. Its gains flow not to whoever owns the resource, but to whoever owns the constraint.
Cities and Infrastructure
Urban systems, public investment and the infrastructure that underpins growth.
Saudi Arabia Needs a National Strategy for Great Cities
Where new jobs, universities and public investment settle will shape the Kingdom for longer than almost any sectoral programme. That choice should be made deliberately.
Technology and the Digital Economy
Computing, data and artificial intelligence as instruments of national strategy.
Is it a good idea for governments to be investing massively in data centers?
Our answer is yes. Computing is becoming as fundamental as electricity, but public money carries a duty private money does not: it must not leave citizens worse off.
Economy and Public Finance
Fiscal choices, markets and the distribution of costs and benefits.
Is it a good idea for governments to be investing massively in data centers?
Our answer is yes. Computing is becoming as fundamental as electricity, but public money carries a duty private money does not: it must not leave citizens worse off.
Saudi Arabia Needs a National Strategy for Great Cities
Where new jobs, universities and public investment settle will shape the Kingdom for longer than almost any sectoral programme. That choice should be made deliberately.
Who Is Benefiting from Green Energy?
Renewable power is a deflationary technology. Its gains flow not to whoever owns the resource, but to whoever owns the constraint.
Food, Water and Resources
Securing the essentials in a hotter, more crowded world.
Governance and Institutions
How states organise, decide and deliver.
Saudi Arabia Needs a National Strategy for Great Cities
Where new jobs, universities and public investment settle will shape the Kingdom for longer than almost any sectoral programme. That choice should be made deliberately.