Contribution short abstract

Between 2020 and now, U.S. industrial priorities have shifted from energy transition to AI. Regardless, semiconductor production is a priority. I investigate efforts to "make the desert bloom" — transforming Arizona into the Silicon Desert— and associated spatial rearrangements of labor and capital.

Contribution long abstract

Between 2020 and now, U.S. industrial priorities have shifted from energy transition to AI. Regardless, semiconductor production is a priority. I investigate efforts to "make the desert bloom" — transforming Arizona into the Silicon Desert— and associated spatial rearrangements of labor and capital.