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Despite data centers being the backbone of our digital economy, the physical buildings themselves often at best blend into the background or at worst are considered an eyesore on local landscapes. Enter Vantage Data Centers’ LHR2: a data center that has been transformed into a visual display representing the day-to-day life of the surrounding community of Park Royal in London. This episode will explore:

• How a six-storey data center became a visual representation of the local population and an audio archive of a rapidly-changing place
• How 120 audio recordings were translated into binary code and audio waveforms, to create 11 million dots
• Process and partnerships - how the artwork installation was achieved
• How data centers can move beyond function to become socially sustainable and integrated into local communities