Very interesting article. My sister/brother-in-law are in the process of heavily renovating their house, and in the process are adding lots of things to enhance a heavily digital lifestyle (including the aforementioned AC outlets with accompanying USB charging jacks), and I can see where this thought pattern could affect things like this along with other more substantial considerations affecting future building design choices. I can't really comment as I have virtually nil experience with architectural design concepts, but definitely seems like good food for thought for those in that industry.
Interesting thought: I wonder if 20 years from now it'll be standard for homes to have "equipment rooms" to house home server(s) and maybe even provide a centralized hub for telecommunication lines, etc... similar to offices?
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