This course is about the historical phenomenon that driven by modern semiconductor technologies that follows Moore’s law, the amount of computing power and data available has grown unprecedentedly, making big data the powerhouse of the next industrial revolution like Watt’s steam engine did in the 18th century. This course starts from the evolution of semiconductor technologies (sand) and ends in the latest progress in cloud computing (cloud). While elaborating basic concepts such as low-power IoT nodes, edge-computing and cloud computing at data centers, it also addresses the evolution of relevant industries with several case studies.