# Peak Resources
> **Machine-Evolution Nexus:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] provides the evolutionary and computational context for this supporting concept.
**Domain:** Resources / Political Economy
**Doc Type:** Supporting Canonical Node
**Maturity:** Developed
## Definition
Peak resources describes the point at which extraction or production of a resource reaches a maximum under geological, technical, economic and political conditions.
## Nexus Context
It highlights that digital infrastructure depends on finite minerals, fabrication capacity and energy rather than existing in an immaterial cloud.
## Relationships
[[wiki/Resource Constraint|Resource Constraint]], [[wiki/Semiconductor Fabrication|Semiconductor Fabrication]], [[wiki/Infrastructure as Power|Infrastructure as Power]], [[wiki/Sustainability|Sustainability]]
## Sources / Provenance
- Developed from the cited research in the central article and the surrounding continuity, rights and evolutionary architecture.