Cloud storage runs on energy-hungry data centres, yet 95% of stored data is never accessed again. Can storage be decoupled from perpetual energy consumption?
DNArchive replaces the server farm with DNA-based archiving, housed in a BioVault built to let London retire its data centres by 2030. Paired with a public museum along the Thames, its organic form doubles as infrastructure and awareness — two programs, one walking route. The DataNexus wraps research spaces around a London plane tree, a living repository of the city’s memory.
