This article examines the transformation of Grand Port Autonome de Marseille from an imperial trade hub into a digital hub dominated by Big Tech companies. Through the lens of data exploitation, the paper explores how these companies repurpose historical infrastructure to support global data storage and cloud computing. The study reveals how this transformation perpetuates historical exploitation, extraction, and dependency practices under the guise of digital progress. By analysing the architectural and spatial re-appropriation of the port, the paper argues that the infrastructure of the digital age reinforces contemporary forms of informal empire, perpetuating the legacies of historical empire into the digital realm. This work contributes to debates on the intersection of architecture, technology, and historical power dynamics, urging a re-examination of how digital infrastructures are rooted in and perpetuate these inherited histories.