https://www.justinmkollar.com/work daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/beyond-the-boom-and-bustthe-horizon-of-consolidation-and-the-coming-scramble-for-ai-infrastructure monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/d4cf5490-7a58-4254-bf5b-3b116742d1e0/WacoDC_02.png Work - Beyond the Boom and Bust—the Horizon of Consolidation and the Coming Scramble for AI Infrastructure - Make it stand out Aerial photo of a Texas data center cluster by CyrusOne, which is jointly owned by KKR and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners. Source: Author, 2026. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/kgfr1r8tkjck4xy0fl2xkkdjpkre4a monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/a7eed4f2-1a1f-4294-afbf-eb2b875b13e0/image_01.png Work - Fossil AI II—Petrodollars and the AI Infrastructure Boom - Make it stand out President Donald Trump participates in a tour at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/898b67ea-9a26-4a72-a093-a25e576bea5a/image_02.png Work - Fossil AI II—Petrodollars and the AI Infrastructure Boom - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/f7d9f726-9f50-483e-bb79-fdda4cabf3e2/image_03.png Work - Fossil AI II—Petrodollars and the AI Infrastructure Boom - Make it stand out Stargate UAE, a one-gigawatt large-scale AI infrastructure cluster being developed by Khazna Data Centers, a G42 company, within the 5GW UAE–U.S. AI Campus in Abu Dhabi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/5ba881fe-97a1-4dd1-8d83-a65a91d80244/image_04.png Work - Fossil AI II—Petrodollars and the AI Infrastructure Boom - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/fossil-compute-landscapes-of-texas monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1772756164795-1KHVO7XDZ0M12IZLTT62/BitcoinMine_01.png Work - Fossil-Compute Landscapes of Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1772756165278-8M3J8FGXE75VRVLE54YG/GasPlant.png Work - Fossil-Compute Landscapes of Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1772756205933-DU3D8UPRMD83M37F2L9N/Meta_01.png Work - Fossil-Compute Landscapes of Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1772756207214-VFD88W7TARFW8KWWW2M5/Meta_02.png Work - Fossil-Compute Landscapes of Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1772756261974-WJ7A0WWF3TH7Z51VB1TY/Meta_03.png Work - Fossil-Compute Landscapes of Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1772756247819-8JMXEUU9LB8D7CH9XZNP/Samsung_01.png Work - Fossil-Compute Landscapes of Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1772756286422-PWVCQJSL6K1YSV4UPZH5/TaylorDC_01.png Work - Fossil-Compute Landscapes of Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1772756290590-KW96VOF42XC4OQ7YPUW4/WacoDC_01.png Work - Fossil-Compute Landscapes of Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1772756326227-THACBNWUHM5SXB4EU6A5/WacoDC_02.png Work - Fossil-Compute Landscapes of Texas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1772756329045-JD87JFZGONXF5D2VVQ3D/WacoDC_03.png Work - Fossil-Compute Landscapes of Texas https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/the-united-states-in-venezuela-iihow-to-sabotage-an-oil-state-2002-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/15f250dd-1a4c-46cf-91f4-fe4c2ee4beea/CaracasBombing2026.png Work - The United States in Venezuela II—How to Sabotage an Oil State (2002-2026) - Make it stand out A view of smoke plumes over Caracas, Venezuela, on January 3, 2026, following U.S. airstrikes. Source: Photo via X (edited for clarity). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/9f19d5a9-68c9-48dd-a93e-5e7901517198/beyster_intesa.png Work - The United States in Venezuela II—How to Sabotage an Oil State (2002-2026) - Make it stand out Founder of SAIC, J. Robert Beyster, at INTESA joint venture PDVSA, Venezuela, 1995. Other figures unknown. Source: J. Robert Beyster Papers at UCSD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/a0d576d1-78af-4c28-b49b-13ff153a5ad2/pdvsa_video.png Work - The United States in Venezuela II—How to Sabotage an Oil State (2002-2026) - Make it stand out Stills from a promotional video on the “Rescate del Cerebro” (Rescue of the Brain) in 2003. Source: PDVSA TV Multimedios https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/cb372612-cb5d-49c2-8521-ad1a0c0f4398/blackout_2019.png Work - The United States in Venezuela II—How to Sabotage an Oil State (2002-2026) - Make it stand out (Left) Satellite view around Caracas, Venezuela, March 3, 2019. (Right) Satellite view of blackout around Caracas, Venezuela, March 8, 2019. Source: NASA. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/the-united-states-in-venezuela-ihow-to-build-an-oil-empire monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/ae327c72-e365-4556-b650-b21ed199ffab/aerial_oil_2.png Work - The United States in Venezuela I—How to Build an Oil Empire (1920s-2002) - Make it stand out Aerial view of the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company camp at Anaco, Venezuela, 1950s–1960s. Source: Dutch National Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/3dd6b1eb-b4d5-42b6-afce-e72f23b3167f/concessions_companies_full.png Work - The United States in Venezuela I—How to Build an Oil Empire (1920s-2002) - Make it stand out Map of North Western Venezuela Lake Maracaibo Region Showing Petroleum Concessions and Development, revised to January 1925. By Compania Cartografica Venezolana, Caracas, Venezuela. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/8fe51c59-ecbf-4247-8193-98e8c1033632/image_grid_2.png Work - The United States in Venezuela I—How to Build an Oil Empire (1920s-2002) - Make it stand out (Top left) Nodding donkey pump at Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1950s–1960s. (Top right) Shell refinery at Cardón, Venezuela—distillation and lubricants unit, 1953. (Bottom left) Shell refinery at Cardón, Venezuela under construction in 1948. (Bottom right) Willemstad, Curaçao—port facilities receiving crude oil shipments from Venezuela, 1950. Source: Dutch National Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/ae83e76c-ca17-4b64-a97f-a5ea9429c7f2/1970s_map.png Work - The United States in Venezuela I—How to Build an Oil Empire (1920s-2002) - Make it stand out Map of Oil Infrastructure in Venezuela in 1972. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/7c8ec567-c2ab-41de-b2a6-ac4456bacde5/map_concessions_1990s.png Work - The United States in Venezuela I—How to Build an Oil Empire (1920s-2002) - Make it stand out Map of Operating Service Agreements from the Apertura period. Source: PDVSA 2003 SEC Filings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/69e0eb74-91ae-4061-942f-07a0760e363a/2002_coup_tv.png Work - The United States in Venezuela I—How to Build an Oil Empire (1920s-2002) - Make it stand out Stills of the 2002 coup attempt from various sources. Source: Wikimedia Commons. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/behind-the-federal-power-grab-to-fast-track-ai monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/b4123fad-b729-4edf-afec-000ff6ad1a83/Susquehanna_Steam_Electric_Station.png Work - Behind the Federal Power Grab to Fast-Track AI - Make it stand out The Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, co-located with a data center campus developed by Talen Energy in 2023 and sold to Amazon in 2024. Source: Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/42a3d276-dcbf-4cdc-992b-d5089af70aba/FERC_Public_Hearing_Dec18_2025.png Work - Behind the Federal Power Grab to Fast-Track AI - Make it stand out FERC press conference with Chair Laura Swett, December 18, 2025. Source: FERC YouTube. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/ai-industrial-strategy-iii-executive-action-and-state-preemption-to-override-local-data-center-opposition monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/b018189a-9fcf-4468-a2e4-1ccefe9fc348/60406f1f-e475-4c93-9728-90a5c72560d5_1725x1097.jpg Work - AI Industrial Strategy III—Executive Action and State Preemption to Override Local Data Center Opposition - Make it stand out Aerial photograph showing several existing data centers in Chandler, Arizona, within the surrounding suburban landscape. Photo by Author, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/47461911-ea1e-4464-9823-1fd93392d2d4/dbe0267e-8808-4de0-82d8-791c8630f0c6_1456x763.jpg Work - AI Industrial Strategy III—Executive Action and State Preemption to Override Local Data Center Opposition - Make it stand out West Virginia’s Governor Morrisey signed HB 2002 and HB 2014 into law, April 30, 2025. Source: West Virginia Governor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/80037567-d0cf-43cc-9ce3-fa0af974e91b/8f6491b6-ad50-4b3c-8364-69c7779bedf9_1456x762.jpg Work - AI Industrial Strategy III—Executive Action and State Preemption to Override Local Data Center Opposition - Make it stand out President Trump signs the “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” executive order, December 11, 2025. Source: The White House https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/fossil-aifinance-capitals-new-utility-frontier monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/e4ffbab3-3a10-4324-90b4-7935b8f4c4f2/Plant_Bowen_small.png Work - Fossil AI I—Finance Capital's New Utility Frontier - Make it stand out Georgia Power’s 2025 IRP partially reverses its earlier commitment to shift from coal to cleaner energy, citing projected data center demand to justify keeping units like Plant Bowen, a coal-fired power plant in Bartow County, Georgia, online for a few more years while accommodating two new combined cycle gas units and battery storage. Source: Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/be138257-ee22-4590-8a83-16583ebdb7aa/ECP_ESG_2023_Pages.png Work - Fossil AI I—Finance Capital's New Utility Frontier - Make it stand out Selected pages from Energy Capital Partners’ 2023 ESG Report remarking on the impact of data centers to their business model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/e44eeac5-36b3-4eec-a291-4e4bf580850f/6a3db286-538d-44a5-a139-7e3bf0139a33_1330x593.png Work - Fossil AI I—Finance Capital's New Utility Frontier - Make it stand out Long-Term Pipeline Growth Through the Mid-2030s. Source: Georgia Power 2025 IRP: 36. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/semiconductors-sprawl-and-the-making-of-arizonas-techno-state monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/165314ba-1839-4b5f-b90b-f2943119e07a/1a85f702-4e17-442a-a0fd-9ab4f7ae3e93_2048x1278.webp Work - Semiconductors, Sprawl, and the Making of Arizona’s Techno-State - Make it stand out Aerial view of suburban development on the fringes of Phoenix, largely driven by TSMC’s investment and related industrial expansions. Photo by author, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/2d9f63a0-6baf-481c-9950-f3d57aaa0420/78410e11-a711-47c6-b956-3c0fc3207f32_1320x792.webp Work - Semiconductors, Sprawl, and the Making of Arizona’s Techno-State - Make it stand out Motorolam April 27, 1957. Handout. Source: azcentral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/4295354d-74ab-4d07-8891-d0ede8d35f9f/f4b4e332-a12d-46cc-8c18-a648662f728b_2048x1152.webp Work - Semiconductors, Sprawl, and the Making of Arizona’s Techno-State - Make it stand out Aerial view of Intel’s expansion in Chandler, AZ, 2022. Photo by author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/f7af6459-5c53-4a0d-a0d3-16aac2c40615/6b061784-be4f-4664-bfb9-d77357179fd3_2048x865.webp Work - Semiconductors, Sprawl, and the Making of Arizona’s Techno-State - Make it stand out Aerial view of the region surrounding TSMC’s expansion in northern Phoenix, AZ, 2023, including water infrastructure and suburban sprawl. Photo by author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/7d75bd26-7616-442f-9bda-6c31774fe6bd/2a4c6ee0-31f1-4512-8adc-8694453d6a35_1166x529.webp Work - Semiconductors, Sprawl, and the Making of Arizona’s Techno-State - Make it stand out (a) TSMC campus; (b) Halo Vista Development; (c) Peoria Innovation Core; (d) North Peoria Gateway; (e) Pyramid Peak Water Treatment Plant; (f) Central Arizona Pipeline; (g) Cave Creek Reclamation Plant; (h) Lake Pleasant Reservoir. Data Sources: AZMAG, HIFLD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/6750d86e-5ea7-42c4-a3b1-85c646983cfc/08a3e248-8646-4558-9050-2b5836b898a4_2048x1183.webp Work - Semiconductors, Sprawl, and the Making of Arizona’s Techno-State - Make it stand out Aerial view of suburban sprawl development at the fringes of northern Phoenix. Photo by author, 2023. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/bf78nb9vhimkax3aqczuh7s3a9bl7d monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/a2e12233-8c4b-4c22-9596-54532b2ac19f/f9a3b5c7-0f53-4c3d-be34-11d75806f475_2560x1788.webp Work - The Structural Violence of Risk Management Behind the AI Infrastructure Bubble - Make it stand out View of Deutsche Bank Center. Source: Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/d85df865-9039-4a35-936d-73ac5ab67cbc/479350dc-6661-48d1-b77d-4aafabdc0349_849x632.webp Work - The Structural Violence of Risk Management Behind the AI Infrastructure Bubble - Make it stand out A chart showing the so-called “‘AI bubble’ bubble.” Source: Deutsche Bank Research Institute 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/bb2c0f16-adde-4905-b9be-5bd20dfb2ab4/80c44309-cc4c-46ed-9e2f-10c99dc06a55_1272x344.webp Work - The Structural Violence of Risk Management Behind the AI Infrastructure Bubble - Make it stand out Diagram of how synthetic risk transfers work based on diagram by Mayer Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/6bc16e23-93a7-42b3-a2c9-0250dfaae8bc/f51e868d-6ae9-4704-8653-9c0ee150aca1_992x617.webp Work - The Structural Violence of Risk Management Behind the AI Infrastructure Bubble - Make it stand out TD’s report includes now-familiar charts of other bubbles. Source: TD Asset Management 2024 https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/or1b1ix36r0pbauicn0fjydtbm7jmv monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/846bb619-8753-41f3-828c-49e8a3c89257/d54c6e8a-1654-4051-a0c5-22de91630d65_2284x1535.webp Work - The Compute-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Billboard for Chevron in Silicon Valley. Taken by author, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/579ea922-b45b-4230-ac25-f68b882dcba0/08561ff7-095e-4a20-b2e3-eb4729f67985_1911x1069.webp Work - The Compute-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Sinema at the Chandler City Council Meeting on October 16, 2025. Source: Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/b7bde1da-f497-49fa-82b7-196e55b98ee8/5d544bc3-f3ea-40ea-8172-b05b1057c2f4_458x245.png Work - The Compute-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/gd5aeu3wk30adiqces32mf2mar4u95 monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/d2a183a9-a9d4-43d3-9592-d1d3e64711b5/131f8b62-a1e9-4847-bd0d-2fee406f498c_1600x1017.jpg Work - Cisco, Nvidia, and the Economics of Tech Bubbles - Make it stand out The sprawling Cisco campus in San Jose, CA, 2025. Photo by author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/320667ed-4c10-428c-a1a2-b5a749c0c24c/1bdfc98d-5377-45ae-922c-f3e54c327455_1600x711.webp Work - Cisco, Nvidia, and the Economics of Tech Bubbles - Make it stand out Available on Youtube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/8126ffcd-e3c6-48b2-b1ad-e8ba558d740b/a433164b-fcf5-42a8-b722-2358fd44f003_1600x1017.webp Work - Cisco, Nvidia, and the Economics of Tech Bubbles - Make it stand out Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, CA surrounded by data centers. Photo by author, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/7cc7cd52-f16f-41a0-819c-0b5b45c9ae4e/0236c494-c858-44cf-99c9-5cfed3d07515_1576x724.webp Work - Cisco, Nvidia, and the Economics of Tech Bubbles - Make it stand out Data source: NVDA Stock Analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/dfff195a-cd85-4831-95a2-3a5fa1401b6d/df6692f8-eb78-4fa1-83e3-37149c526cd7_1600x900.webp Work - Cisco, Nvidia, and the Economics of Tech Bubbles - Make it stand out The Pantex Plant, Texas is a former nuclear weapons site now designated by DOE for rapid data center construction with existing energy infrastructure and fast-tracked permits. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/b3047075-baed-4a06-9805-5da5fa9f245c/51684d3c-ac0a-431c-8699-3f163c3400a2_866x499.webp Work - Cisco, Nvidia, and the Economics of Tech Bubbles - Make it stand out Then-President Tsai Ing-wen (right) speaks with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (left) as Vice President William Lai and TSMC founder Morris Chang look on in Taipei, 2022. Photo from President Tsai Ing-wen’s Facebook page. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/who-profits-from-the-ai-boom-following-the-money-in-the-cloud-economy monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/5ba6f093-fee4-468f-8f68-3c1ee96e246f/patents_gold_rush.png Work - Who Profits From the AI Boom? Following the Money in the Cloud Economy - Make it stand out Patents for equipment used during various gold rushes in the late 19th and early 20th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/083ce6a3-efce-492b-bace-105cb247b73c/0ca182df-ee4a-4015-8f06-5e0c7135d792_2048x1152.webp Work - Who Profits From the AI Boom? Following the Money in the Cloud Economy - Make it stand out Photo of Amazon data centers in Northern Virginia. Source: Screen Capture / VPM News Focal Point https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/0f92b541-782d-46a3-9346-aedeed3f8c0b/patents_nvidia_tsmc.png Work - Who Profits From the AI Boom? Following the Money in the Cloud Economy - Make it stand out (Left) Figure from patent “Techniques for an efficient fabric-attached memory (FAM),” Nvidia (2023). (Right) Figure from patent “package structure including photonic package and interposer having waveguide,” TSMC (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/b82f8a78-913e-409a-af4f-e5bd3a6b2736/920b0d9d-e6a2-44fb-adb1-358f87c52de2_2000x1151.jpg Work - Who Profits From the AI Boom? Following the Money in the Cloud Economy - Make it stand out Seeking gold in California river bottom, Mid 1850s, Harper’s Weekly magazine, PD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/96ec5c1a-0701-4ef7-ac4f-e48d2bfe97e2/f7682d24-cf0b-4f29-a552-dd40ea8ecf51_1449x819.png Work - Who Profits From the AI Boom? Following the Money in the Cloud Economy - Make it stand out Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price: Electricity per Kilowatt-Hour in U.S. City Average [APU000072610], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU000072610, September 21, 2025. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/north-carolina-and-other-states-are-turning-ai-into-industrial-policy monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/273eb38d-96c3-4010-8de2-b0e09b2daa29/5b2a92e9-73b7-48e3-966d-9d8c4330de6a_2048x1174.jpg Work - North Carolina and Other States Are Turning AI Into Industrial Policy - Make it stand out Governor Josh Stein signing Executive Order 24, creating an AI Leadership Council and an AI Accelerator within the Department of Information Technology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/d5abc373-1b4b-4f32-bf12-1e9c5b72b6d7/aacdceec-0413-49f7-9688-85ce9d471bbd_1200x800.jpg Work - North Carolina and Other States Are Turning AI Into Industrial Policy - Make it stand out A view of Apple’s data center in Catawba County, NC, built over a decade ago. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/ftno8rrufpg2yekjijzg1qmamg977w monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/b64117a7-eb0a-431d-90bd-cc732baa5fdd/EFF_photograph_of_NSA%27s_Utah_Data_Center.jpg Work - Is Your Cloud Account Funding the Next Forever War? - Make it stand out Aerial view of the NSA’s data center in Utah. Source: Wikipedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/d7c1511f-4756-439c-b705-44ed011a4641/comparison.png Work - Is Your Cloud Account Funding the Next Forever War? - Make it stand out Contrast the interior of a Subsector Command Post of the U.S. SAGE system (left) with the offices of OGAS in the Soviet Union (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/61faa1dd-7526-40e1-915b-a664abdc87f4/7102fcf0-79a4-47ae-94c7-0d14507179ca_1426x843.jpg Work - Is Your Cloud Account Funding the Next Forever War? - Make it stand out Still from a program demonstration of Palantir’s work in Afghanistan. See defenseupdate. 2010. “Afghan Operations Insight with Palantir.” Youtube. December 25, 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/7d130d9e-dc4d-4966-9e75-a6f5c514db8e/4fcc1469-8ae2-4b1e-a9c0-ae21c7b40ac7_2048x1181.jpg Work - Is Your Cloud Account Funding the Next Forever War? - Make it stand out Map of current and announced semiconductor investments 2021 to 2025. Data sources: SEMI 2023, GMFUS 2023, SIA 2025 https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/dark-fiberan-archaeology-of-the-dot-com-bubble monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/49ce9aa2-2c63-4197-96c0-d6cae73946d7/5a3acf4c-9399-46b8-b41c-4dfadc6ce0bf_2919x2104.jpg Work - Dark Fiber—an Archaeology of the Dot-Com Bubble - Make it stand out Qwest and MCI HQ in Denver, Colorado, 2007. Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/08d3aae9-004b-49ab-9468-2e179ec65fbd/51c55510-f8f8-4ece-bfb0-897715c80213_4114x2467.jpg Work - Dark Fiber—an Archaeology of the Dot-Com Bubble - Make it stand out Overlapping Fiber-optic Cable Network and Railway Network in 2025. Inferred based on available data for fiber-optic cable networks which are largely private. Data sources: Infrapedia, HIFLD, Traced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/bf7107bb-fe6a-4fdf-8432-3314cac3774d/e75da3a6-8193-4006-a38b-93b0d2eee8f9_2400x1076.jpg Work - Dark Fiber—an Archaeology of the Dot-Com Bubble - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/aac679a1-6d4e-4582-a1ee-12887399edc0/855b6180-1392-4cc3-ad15-720721d95772_2400x720.jpg Work - Dark Fiber—an Archaeology of the Dot-Com Bubble - Make it stand out Photos of Qwest’s Fiber Optic Trains in 1998. Source. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/powering-silicon-valleys-ai-dreams monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/d3f78b63-a692-4545-a36f-51e16faf8548/cba135ec-576f-47d5-b8c4-d8e3e6f2e389_1278x804.jpg Work - Powering Silicon Valley's AI Dreams - Make it stand out Aerial View of Santa Clara’s Data Center Cluster. Taken by author, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/e70b61ae-911e-488b-b276-ce459ead5fc5/64a7fc04-0010-42cb-aa58-601f00be6493_1970x1312.png Work - Powering Silicon Valley's AI Dreams - Make it stand out Map of Santa Clara and San José Digital and Electric Infrastructure. Data sources: Infrapedia, HIFLD. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/digital-territories monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/51f50655-5d7c-4ca9-94f8-c3fb375ad7b0/elements4.png Work - Digital Urbanism - Make it stand out Fiber-optic Cable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/f1d9770f-7d4b-4588-a24e-06df6f27cb53/elements3.png Work - Digital Urbanism - Make it stand out Embedding Fiber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/8f28bfd5-c84e-427d-9ad6-fdc9e9b1c879/elements2.png Work - Digital Urbanism - Make it stand out Conduits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/cfbd3323-c597-4381-8867-b3539b77468b/elements1.png Work - Digital Urbanism - Make it stand out Telecom Towers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/8a273dbd-a77e-498d-9122-266b11351f13/OverviewSJ.png Work - Digital Urbanism - Make it stand out Aerial View of Data Centers in San Jose. By Justin Kollar, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/c46a7ae2-ebdf-4dc5-8274-1be078231a0e/SantaClara1890sBW_40k.png Work - Digital Urbanism - Make it stand out Santa Clara 1890 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/dfc6f596-6ee7-45a1-a70d-a38c33f4f0fa/SantaClara1929BW_40k.png Work - Digital Urbanism - Make it stand out Santa Clara 1929 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/291c4d7f-9f9a-4703-b830-1abf32359780/SantaClaraDigital.png Work - Digital Urbanism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/84da988a-c47e-487d-9b63-f4341bcd83fb/BayAreaElectricity.png Work - Digital Urbanism - Make it stand out Electricity Grid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/23c339c4-6d46-428f-a09f-894f2b5afe45/BayAreaDigital.png Work - Digital Urbanism - Make it stand out Data Centers and Fiber Network https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/5584fd98-96aa-4322-844e-97733d136eac/BayAreaComposite.png Work - Digital Urbanism - Make it stand out Composite Map https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/fddf80b0-d7b6-491b-997e-9cf24816457e/SanJoseDigital.png Work - Digital Urbanism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/dont-be-fooledthe-ai-bubble-is-the-strategy monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/37c01853-2522-4268-8590-ca170805afbe/04149553-dbe1-4e04-b683-a1b7ef4eb124_1600x1056.jpg Work - Don’t be Fooled—the AI Bubble is the Strategy - Make it stand out Fiber optic cable-laying train at Isle Royale Sands, Houghton. May 19, 1987. As the internet backbone became increasingly privatized, rapid fiber expansion created a fiber glut that contributed to the economic fallout following the dot-com bust in the early 2000s. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/ai-industrial-strategy-under-trump-20-part-ii monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/ea829ee8-ab76-4ec2-bee5-b434e49140a2/27a2fdad-aedc-4a4f-893c-07e4223a826f_2400x1571.jpg Work - AI Industrial Strategy II—Barriers, Bypasses, and Buildouts on the New Frontier of Extraction - Make it stand out Aerial view of Stargate data center complex in Abilene, TX, APril 2025. Part of a $500 billion buildout of AI infrastructure promoted by the Trump administration and led by Crusoe, Oracle, OpenAI, and Softbank. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/fabricating-dependencythe-political-economy-of-the-semiconductor-crisis monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1a9fc7a7-df20-4ba6-9ca4-c3eeda933403/6b9c4f20-7598-4b9d-aa24-4bbb3a6fbf3a_1600x900.jpg Work - Fabricating Dependency—The Political Economy of the Semiconductor Crisis - Make it stand out Aerial Photo of TSMC’s fab in Tainan’s Southern Taiwan Science Park in 2022. Photo by Author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/93a9de62-767f-4bb1-bfb9-1401dea9df91/86af31e1-6b12-4512-bd42-30aff147334b_1277x763.jpg Work - Fabricating Dependency—The Political Economy of the Semiconductor Crisis - Make it stand out Change in Semiconductor and Microelectronics Industry Employment (NAICS 3344) in U.S. by CBSA, 2000 to 2020. Data source: U.S. Census https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/6ed2c41a-ce1b-40fe-95fa-ff17d005dc0d/09f38a6a-4a00-4351-8273-37a418360a01_1474x837.jpg Work - Fabricating Dependency—The Political Economy of the Semiconductor Crisis - Make it stand out Distribution of Global Semiconductor Production Capacity in 2023. Data source: SEMI 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/be52a0bc-1c08-4778-8c46-810ed3e002c5/60fcd92a-bbe7-47e5-affe-e6070f520c0e_1600x936.jpg Work - Fabricating Dependency—The Political Economy of the Semiconductor Crisis - Make it stand out Moore’s Law in GPU Production by Manufacturer 1995 to 2025. Data source: See Wikipedia. “Transistor Count,” March 12, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/a088d77e-3be6-4859-bcf3-90bb8636320f/74d34a3d-6866-4ecc-87e2-e263b557b128_1183x700.jpg Work - Fabricating Dependency—The Political Economy of the Semiconductor Crisis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/how-south-memphis-became-a-sacrifice-zone-for-xais-data-center monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/40920013-ec01-423d-9806-76b6a5024510/20250506_Memphis.webp Work - How South Memphis Became a Sacrifice Zone for xAI's Data Center - Make it stand out Aerial photo of xAI’s Colossus data center in Memphis, TN. Image source: Gresham Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/ee6c064c-aea0-4224-b06b-94b2da3aaf5f/fcb24795-f433-4f29-b1ef-95da42636a8f_1430x1012.webp Work - How South Memphis Became a Sacrifice Zone for xAI's Data Center - Make it stand out Racial Composition of South Memphis, TN. Data source: U.S. Census https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/c90fbea9-4657-4bae-a563-4bbcdb16daa5/cd51241d-a1e7-4658-b74d-dc01acbdf9aa_800x550.webp Work - How South Memphis Became a Sacrifice Zone for xAI's Data Center - Make it stand out Thermal imagery of xAI’s turbines at its Colossus data center in Memphis. Source: Steve Jones/Flight by Southwings for Southern Environmental Law Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/a13d2293-8710-4b4f-aaab-abaa2549fdeb/be6f785d-059b-498f-bcb4-97b5da913648_1600x763.webp Work - How South Memphis Became a Sacrifice Zone for xAI's Data Center - Make it stand out Territoriality of xAI’s Data Centers in South Memphis, TN. Data sources: HIFLD, Maxar https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/ai-industrial-strategy-under-trump-20-part-i monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/d831fa66-c9f7-41d7-a7d2-2904c44e86bf/2a9c9f98-1212-4956-ad36-3379977558a3_1941x1293.webp Work - AI Industrial Strategy I—Rollbacks, Grid Buildout, and Subsidies for Data Center Growth - Make it stand out The shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant sits on the Susquehanna River near Middletown, Pennsylvania. Constellation Energy plans to invest $1.6 billion to restart the reactor by 2028, backed by Microsoft’s 20-year deal to purchase its full power output for data center operations. Image source: Constellation Energy [CC] https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/amazons-energy-empire-in-the-pacific-northwest monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/d6104e75-bbda-4fc1-a6b0-26e342d0a9ce/aabda2a1-cf1f-4f4c-b991-517485df0b2c_1600x1061.webp Work - Amazon’s Energy Empire in the Pacific Northwest - Make it stand out Amazon Data Center in Morrow County, Oregon. Modified. CC BY 2.0. Source: Tedder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/e5631e91-b346-4f96-9805-8f8c135a5bf9/4990a3ce-cdde-48f7-b89b-4d90cf7b1be9_1554x1232.webp Work - Amazon’s Energy Empire in the Pacific Northwest - Make it stand out Footprint of Existing and Proposed Green Energy Facilities Compared to the Portland Area and Nearby Tribal Areas in 2024. Data Sources: datacenters.com, USGS, State of Washington, State of Oregon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/6476236f-56f2-42a0-b5ca-b1e59e323516/36735464-9f4e-4fba-90db-74373f4ce18f_1121x533.webp Work - Amazon’s Energy Empire in the Pacific Northwest - Make it stand out Carbon Emissions and Emissions/Energy Ratio for Umatilla Electric Cooperative 2010 to 2023. Data source: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/4d860187-82c6-4487-97c3-7230c869350c/9b14f631-01bc-4dd0-8fb6-5ce1ba1a9836_3553x1261.webp Work - Amazon’s Energy Empire in the Pacific Northwest - Make it stand out Territoriality of the Morrow and Umatilla County data center cluster and renewable energy infrastructure expansion. (a) Amazon Data Centers (b) Oregon Trail Solar, 41 megawatts; (c) Montague Solar Pachwáywit Fields, 162 megawatts; (d) Montague Wind, 201 megawatts; (e) Leaning Juniper IIB Wind Power Facility, 111 megawatts; (f) Leaning Juniper IIA Wind Power Facility, 90 megawatts; (g) Shepherds Flat North, Wind 318 megawatts; (h) Shepherds Flat Central, Wind 290 megawatts; (i) Shepherds Flat South, Wind 290 megawatts; (j) Boardman Solar Energy Facility, 75 megawatts; (k) Carty Generating Station, Solar 50 megawatts (+450 megawatts Natural Gas Plant); (l) Sunstone Solar Project, 1200 megawatts; (m) Wagon Trail Solar Project, 500 megawatts; (n) Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility East PA1, Wind 300 megawatts; (o) Gilliam County Enterprise Zone; (p) Columbia River Enterprise Zone; (q) Greater Hermiston Enterprise Zone; (r) Greater Umatilla Enterprise Zone; (s) Stanfield-Echo Enterprise Zone; (t) U.S. Military Installation. Data sources: Oregon.gov, Google Earth, USDHS HIFLD, Infrapedia https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/8j8ktyptsxqqn9ozjb78ke5typ4tmx monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/2286cb6d-e941-49c6-8d2d-d5e0f59ff2bf/c752163c-5c97-4fe1-9a40-044e8e3cc696_1600x955.webp Work - How Google is Reshaping a Small Oregon Town - Make it stand out Google Data Center in The Dalles, Oregon. CC BY 2.0. Source: Tony Webster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/8aebc73d-994f-4a23-9a04-71341e841a96/08deeb2a-fb96-4d29-9c68-b44f95ef3a02_1456x1051.webp Work - How Google is Reshaping a Small Oregon Town - Make it stand out Oregon Network and Geographic Context. Data sources: Infrapedia, Datacenters.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/04859170-eee0-4e74-b83a-5289c4f260f9/20ba5582-3cdd-4aa6-ad47-334429837377_1195x532.webp Work - How Google is Reshaping a Small Oregon Town - Make it stand out Northern Wasco County People’s Utility District Sales and Fixed Capital 2004 to 2022. Data sources: Oregon Public Utility Commission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/989052a6-5337-478c-9f9f-8418404218b2/cafc0f9c-0064-42c1-9a1f-a873aada2e1c_2444x1104.webp Work - How Google is Reshaping a Small Oregon Town - Make it stand out Google’s data center expansion in The Dalles. (a) Google’s data centers; (b) Google’s future data centers; (c) The Dalles dam and hydroelectric power plant; (d) BPA Celilo Substation and Converter Station; (e) The Dalles Enterprise Zone; (f) Columbia Gorge Regional Airport. Data sources: Oregon.gov, Google Earth, USDHS HIFLD, Infrapedia, NWPUD https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/infrastructural-landscapes-of-arizona monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1760325746649-IO5C4EQWMX578D4CLGQ7/Water_TSMC_Phoenix_2022_DJI_0980.jpg Work - Infrastructural Landscapes of Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1760325717070-DH5F7SJLEY8FWJUTSPS1/TSMC_Phoenix_2022_DJI_0037.jpg Work - Infrastructural Landscapes of Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1760325723405-R9ECADGVQ205Q1GE87UO/Water_Phoenix_2022_DJI_0965.jpg Work - Infrastructural Landscapes of Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1760325733132-XAEQK9JQ0MS0MMKNHPXX/Water_Phoenix_2022_DJI_0969.jpg Work - Infrastructural Landscapes of Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1760325739806-W2SLA9JB9CBQVA6PJNSG/Water_TSMC_Phoenix_2022_DJI_0927.jpg Work - Infrastructural Landscapes of Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1760325651133-QJH4CO0U683LWSBOBOJV/Intel_Phoenix_2022_DJI_0705.jpg Work - Infrastructural Landscapes of Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1760325652135-7D1776DABBTICHLI7CHA/Intel_Phoenix_2022_DJI_0735.jpg Work - Infrastructural Landscapes of Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1760325669358-MIALII7J8311BO70WONT/Intel_Site_Phoenix_2022_DJI_0717.jpg Work - Infrastructural Landscapes of Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1760325685507-WNW7V23HH1G65A3PWD2V/Intel_Suburbia_Phoenix_2022_DJI_0800.jpg Work - Infrastructural Landscapes of Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1760325706625-OYE1ZEDHXGZ9UZY13H9D/Suburbia_Phoenix_2022_DJI_0808.jpg Work - Infrastructural Landscapes of Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1760325703048-08C6YL1H753NZCV79WBW/Suburbia_Phoenix_2022_DJI_0785.jpg Work - Infrastructural Landscapes of Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1760325687094-E42WG36SWTKDT6QFUBIG/Reservoir_Phoenix_2022_DJI_0110.jpg Work - Infrastructural Landscapes of Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1760325635621-FLZ3665XBXGEF4PI43ZI/AgLand_Intel_Phoenix_2022_DJI_0714.jpg Work - Infrastructural Landscapes of Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1760325635620-3CTA7CZX4SKW155PF2TX/Dam_Phoenix_2022_DJI_0906.jpg Work - Infrastructural Landscapes of Arizona https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/mid-south-regional-resilience-plan monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/61061979-d15d-44cf-b26e-ffa1d4931a39/Overview_Region_10.jpg Work - Mid-South Regional Resilience Plan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/c3948c09-97c6-4068-9324-a1737b48e0c4/overview.png Work - Mid-South Regional Resilience Plan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/d816bd8c-f127-43fe-8cda-038ded5fe938/urban.png Work - Mid-South Regional Resilience Plan - Make it stand out Mapping Strategies: The report emphasizes the use of GIS to map flood resilience and disaster preparedness strategies across the Mid-South region, creating thematic and analytical maps that help stakeholders visualize and implement these strategies. These maps also contribute to a spatial-relational database, allowing for the analysis of urban development trends (as shown in the map above) and the potential impact of new policies and zoning on fostering resilient development. The report includes maps across seven key themes: waterways, watersheds, buildings, land planning, infrastructure, postdisaster planning, and governance, each with strategies tailored to these areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/470e9f8d-f62f-497a-8d09-cb9e7c4c1bc3/region2.png Work - Mid-South Regional Resilience Plan - Make it stand out Thinking Regionally: Resilience planning requires a regional perspective, as local infrastructure and environmental risks, like flooding, are influenced by larger networks such as the Mississippi watershed. Effective risk reduction often depends on regional collaboration and GIS mapping to identify vulnerabilities and target areas for resilience projects. This approach highlights connections across infrastructure, population trends, and environmental systems, supporting comprehensive resilience strategies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/3da90890-17ba-4bc1-979f-e323bfa92ecd/map_comp.png Work - Mid-South Regional Resilience Plan - Make it stand out Composite Map: The composite map above illustrates several key layers— overlaying ecological layers with critical infrastructure, buildings, and key assets and facilities identified in subsequent recommendations throughout the RRMP. Through overlaying information, useful overlaps can be identified between various systems, such as the location of critical facilities located in the floodplain. These critical facilities provide important functions in cases of disaster or in the management of particular hazards. If flooding were to incapacitate these facilities, the critical functions they provide would be one less element that may help to mitigate the threat to the health and safety of residents that flooding alone would have. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/ddfc9bbd-767b-4613-9dc2-e27914b26d3b/ecomap.png Work - Mid-South Regional Resilience Plan - Make it stand out Mapping Landscape Systems: This map highlights key spatial layers from the recommendations on regional landscape and ecological assets, focusing on the interconnected water flows that shape the area’s resilience. The Mississippi River and its tributaries are essential to local ecological stability, with flood events linked to these hydrological networks. Open spaces and trails provide both risk mitigation and recreation, while aquifer recharge areas sustain local drinking water supplies. Additionally, the 500-year floodplain is shown to emphasize the risks to buildings and infrastructure situated nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/136135e6-d311-4c48-acea-7b0253ab92e0/conservemap.png Work - Mid-South Regional Resilience Plan - Make it stand out Conservation Priority Areas: This map compiles areas that are important to conserve for watershed health. Major parcels of public land are outlined with a dark blue border. The majority of public parcels are located in Shelby County as there are not many publicly-owned parcels with high priority levels in DeSoto County. Concern areas are shaded based on a 0-11 scored scale indicating priority level and indicated with a gradient overlay is shown on the map to the right with colors from light green (low score) to dark blue (high score). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/2a9f2d26-47f6-4e9f-bacb-5fadb3e7793d/energymap.png Work - Mid-South Regional Resilience Plan - Make it stand out Context for Cooperative and Community-Based Energy Systems: Community-scale systems (such as microgrids) can help build systemic resilience and mitigate the danger of overall systemic failure by decentralizing critical aspects of energy and water distribution. This section (of the plan) elaborates on the steps needed to implement a community-based system within the larger network. Special emphasis is given to the differences in utility companies that share energy distribution territory within the Mid-South and the ownership structures that enable localized distributed energy infrastructure. Additionally, this section (of the plan) directs interested communities, utility and government personnel, and green entrepreneurs to important resources for expanding on community-scale solutions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/3473b220-d7b7-483f-b68a-361d21eac2c2/energydiagram.png Work - Mid-South Regional Resilience Plan - Make it stand out Energy Generation and Delivery Context https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/94415ceb-2e35-434c-ab35-2588f5ef5b70/social.png Work - Mid-South Regional Resilience Plan - Make it stand out Social Vulnerability Analysis: Using 2016 American Community Survey Data and 2010 Census Data, an analysis of overlapping social vulnerability dimensions reveals clusters of vulnerable demographics in specific areas. In the map above, darker colors indicate areas with higher concentrations of these vulnerabilities. Six neighborhoods were selected for a closer look on the following page, each highlighting similar critical vulnerability factors. In these neighborhoods, an average of 34.85% of residents live in poverty—almost double the rate for the greater Memphis metropolitan area. Non-white residents represent 96% of these neighborhoods’ populations, with 71% identifying as Black. Additionally, 27% of residents lack health insurance, nearly twice the metropolitan rate, and 70% are renters, also double the regional average. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/ee3cbdd3-ff4d-461f-b548-8d423b03af1b/socialinfo.png Work - Mid-South Regional Resilience Plan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/hcmc-hiid monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/38721765-1aaa-4ac3-ba27-d9fadde6aee1/overall.png Work - Highly Interactive Innovation District in Ho Chi Minh City - Make it stand out Regional Development Framework https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/9399b551-201a-467b-b84c-a34bd115bcf7/regdevframework.png Work - Highly Interactive Innovation District in Ho Chi Minh City - Make it stand out Project Concept and Context https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/8998782c-80e3-4f4d-9497-cdc217215127/perspective.jpg Work - Highly Interactive Innovation District in Ho Chi Minh City - Make it stand out Illustrative Representation of the Urban Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/139ec7a7-9ab9-4432-8988-9ed3bbc82900/expansion.png Work - Highly Interactive Innovation District in Ho Chi Minh City - Make it stand out Flood Risk and Urban Expansion Context https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/8ad2a2a5-b5e1-4538-8ad8-eda3eb05b2f6/watershed.png Work - Highly Interactive Innovation District in Ho Chi Minh City - Make it stand out Hydrological Context https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/e90343c4-33b8-4a98-a47d-488564ad33fe/challenges.png Work - Highly Interactive Innovation District in Ho Chi Minh City - Make it stand out Key Challenges https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/a73c545f-3313-4497-9191-c887e8c0dca9/tidalfloodmap.png Work - Highly Interactive Innovation District in Ho Chi Minh City - Make it stand out Tidal Flood Risk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/5fe34649-d501-4aec-af7b-ab6c4c69ff74/layers.png Work - Highly Interactive Innovation District in Ho Chi Minh City - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/5844179b-ef7b-463a-aa8f-5a94776e879c/analysismap.png Work - Highly Interactive Innovation District in Ho Chi Minh City - Make it stand out Rapid Landscape Classification https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/ho-chi-minh-city-district-4 monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/1a2ea80a-ea43-403f-9f0b-c78bffc09299/overview_photo.jpg Work - Ho Chi Minh City District 4 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/95d557df-5033-4558-a7fe-507cc2d75d8d/devmap.png Work - Ho Chi Minh City District 4 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/d08bcc37-d81a-418d-8120-8448c5d092dd/overviewdiagrams.png Work - Ho Chi Minh City District 4 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/7f832519-c79d-4c96-add7-723823e93b6a/overalldiagram.png Work - Ho Chi Minh City District 4 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/41689d33-6f48-45b0-9448-7b881235c187/proposedplan.png Work - Ho Chi Minh City District 4 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/d7ab5680-a479-4389-a4b1-3e11c89fdef1/openspacediagram.png Work - Ho Chi Minh City District 4 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/05747150-4010-4945-b5f8-717b698f41ba/openspace.png Work - Ho Chi Minh City District 4 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/14b68194-e729-48c8-827a-86460a79e1ea/existing.png Work - Ho Chi Minh City District 4 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/4abdab85-388a-461c-8d5f-48d8b49c6581/massing.png Work - Ho Chi Minh City District 4 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/50c381de-dc41-4a4c-b428-0be5045a41c1/removed.png Work - Ho Chi Minh City District 4 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/0abb5b02-a750-43cf-9544-de1606e4ba5d/landreadjustment.png Work - Ho Chi Minh City District 4 - Make it stand out Land Readjustment Process https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/quincy-watershed monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/88b3df5c-7d7c-46df-8145-69dc2ed481e1/QuincySpreads-1.png Work - Quincy Watershed urban design - Make it stand out Project Overview on the Neponset River Estuary and Quincy, MA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/56275c2a-5de9-4059-bb4a-e05aa5fde408/QuincySpreads-2.png Work - Quincy Watershed urban design - Make it stand out Neponset River Watershed Area Mapping https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/b68959e4-a8d8-4573-9e5c-bc6501cb22fe/diagram1.png Work - Quincy Watershed urban design - Make it stand out Strengthen Commercial Draw to Quincy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/a7727563-1d13-45f3-aa0b-0f6e49be353b/diagram2.png Work - Quincy Watershed urban design - Make it stand out Gradually Shift Residential Out of Vulnerable Areas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/3ee64909-045d-4268-a25a-2803e3864562/QuincySpreads-3a.png Work - Quincy Watershed urban design - Make it stand out Site Context https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/5685f183-0f54-464d-ac47-86be34260343/phasing.png Work - Quincy Watershed urban design - Make it stand out Phase Diagram https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/61d35d4a-5f56-4931-b51f-bd4f6a127174/QuincySpreads-4a.png Work - Quincy Watershed urban design - Make it stand out Intervention Overview https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/landscape-colonizationcultivation monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/e7c357b3-a98c-443c-b0e7-173b87120203/photo.png Work - Landscape Colonization/Cultivation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/ad756b55-f7f8-4a5d-81b2-77a8e1a78c80/mapoverview.png Work - Landscape Colonization/Cultivation - Make it stand out Historic Taiwan Sugar Corporation Factory District Map c. 1980 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/867d4ba8-6c50-4fd9-b186-162fc9c17227/palimpsest.png Work - Landscape Colonization/Cultivation - Make it stand out Landscape Palimpsest: Overview of Historic Transformations on Taiwan Sugar Corporation’s Land https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/84aa3547-d9b1-42b8-b76b-aea03c3d7fd6/mapk.png Work - Landscape Colonization/Cultivation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/22a502c8-e4dc-4b08-9223-8da13bb50f61/mapbig.png Work - Landscape Colonization/Cultivation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/11c00ec8-55cd-400e-97c8-634b0c70b1d0/palimp2.png Work - Landscape Colonization/Cultivation - Make it stand out Landscape Palimpsest: Vignettes of Key Sites of TSC Land Transformation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/b2438092-b4d7-44f9-96a7-4d0f7fe023b2/photos.png Work - Landscape Colonization/Cultivation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/life-styled-health-and-places monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/c69c1d47-c8d5-4529-9d36-e450ccc4c346/2016_lifestyled_axons.png Work - Life-styled: Health and Places - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/65cf63ea-5195-4ce5-b4fd-229eb8ad8154/2016_lifestyled_photo01.png Work - Life-styled: Health and Places - Make it stand out Photographic documentation of Shanghai and Songjiang New Town as part of the studio research phase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/04f63823-4706-4e75-b621-f21771265c00/2016_lifestyled_photo02.png Work - Life-styled: Health and Places - Make it stand out Photo of canal near Songjiang New Town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/4a7a8be4-dd19-41b1-ad55-c683ed939da4/2016_lifestyled_photo03.png Work - Life-styled: Health and Places - Make it stand out Older residential street corridor in Shanghai’s Lilong neighborhoods. https://www.justinmkollar.com/work/urban-reprogramming monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/8b8bdda7-abf8-4d34-9177-a4c02002d44f/UrbanRepreogramSpreads-1.png Work - Urban Reprogramming in Roxbury - Make it stand out Strategic Map of Washington Park North https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/fa70a3b8-0ef8-442a-9aee-246f83905f91/UrbanRepreogramSpreads-2a.png Work - Urban Reprogramming in Roxbury - Make it stand out Community Building Implementation Process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/91cfdd7a-0419-4ab9-a1e5-6071d5623cba/UrbanRepreogramSpreads-2b.png Work - Urban Reprogramming in Roxbury - Make it stand out Site Analyses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/05c48771-846b-4c3c-b2bb-d2ada3dbe985/UrbanRepreogramSpreads-2c.png Work - Urban Reprogramming in Roxbury - Make it stand out Issues Identified https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/9b2fa5f9-5124-444b-8193-feffca7b95f6/UrbanRepreogramSpreads-3a.png Work - Urban Reprogramming in Roxbury - Make it stand out Washington Mall + Charlame Park Illustrated Programming https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/b8eb0240-5358-4c73-8ece-133b4a09ea3b/UrbanRepreogramSpreads-3b.png Work - Urban Reprogramming in Roxbury - Make it stand out Washington Mall Lot Illustrated Programming https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/670ddb7bc9a9253c07229cb6/bf6111b5-9c1a-4b1e-89d3-735348c5e5bd/UrbanRepreogramSpreads-3b.png Work - 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