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  • sternecker@infosec.exchangeS sternecker@infosec.exchange

    @mlanger live next to a data center but it isn't a megalopolis commercial version. Not loud, but security lights are on 24/7, lights confuse the local birds.
    Highway is louder.

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    #32

    @mlanger I post under "real name" so my address is easy to find.

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    • mlanger@mastodon.worldM mlanger@mastodon.world

      Do you live near a data center that makes a noise loud enough to bother you in your home? If so, please DM me. Also, please boost this so I get some responses. I need some information.

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      #33

      @mlanger ICYMI https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/us/data-centers-noise-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.q1A.hVza.S8spDl4PIhtX

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      • elfin@mstdn.socialE elfin@mstdn.social

        @mlanger I really do not get this.

        By 2005 I had worked in EVERY Data Center from Oakland to San Jose, and many across the Midwest and Colorado ... and NONE of them made noise. What's changed?

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        #34

        @elfin local power generation. Gas turbines are loud.

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        • mlanger@mastodon.worldM mlanger@mastodon.world

          @tomsart This was very informative. I'm trying to find out whether the recently built data center, which is supposedly not done yet, has begun testing any equipment over the past two days. My current theory is that I'm hearing something at a very low frequency, below 20 Hz. A Wikipedia article says that some people can hear down to around 12 Hz. This would correspond to some of the information in the video; basically, I suspect I'm hearing machine noise that the average person doesn't hear.

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          #35

          @mlanger @tomsart
          At that frequency range, you'll be feeling it more than hearing it. And it will be doing harm if the amplitude is high enough.

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          • danlyke@researchbuzz.masto.hostD danlyke@researchbuzz.masto.host

            @elfin local power generation. Gas turbines are loud.

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            #36

            @danlyke @elfin
            Which leaves the question why they're building gas turbine power generation in 2026 as an exercise for the reader

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            • danlyke@researchbuzz.masto.hostD danlyke@researchbuzz.masto.host

              @elfin local power generation. Gas turbines are loud.

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              #37

              @danlyke Ah. Well. That's dumb. Make them pay over market rate. Instead of giving them tax breaks, make the upgrade existing power plants.

              Bet that solves A Lot of problems.

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              • sabik@rants.auS sabik@rants.au

                @danlyke @elfin
                Which leaves the question why they're building gas turbine power generation in 2026 as an exercise for the reader

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                #38

                @sabik uh huh. Lots of failures at a variety of policy levels. If we had a functioning EPA and sane Federal climate policy and...

                ... a lot of things we don't have.

                cc @elfin

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                • danlyke@researchbuzz.masto.hostD danlyke@researchbuzz.masto.host

                  @sabik uh huh. Lots of failures at a variety of policy levels. If we had a functioning EPA and sane Federal climate policy and...

                  ... a lot of things we don't have.

                  cc @elfin

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                  #39

                  @danlyke @sabik Oh Fine ... just bring Reality into the conversation. Jeez.

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                  • danlyke@researchbuzz.masto.hostD danlyke@researchbuzz.masto.host

                    @sabik uh huh. Lots of failures at a variety of policy levels. If we had a functioning EPA and sane Federal climate policy and...

                    ... a lot of things we don't have.

                    cc @elfin

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                    #40

                    @danlyke @elfin
                    Not even policy... solar + battery is now cheaper than gas generation

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                    • sabik@rants.auS sabik@rants.au

                      @danlyke @elfin
                      Not even policy... solar + battery is now cheaper than gas generation

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                      #41

                      @sabik @elfin I suspect there's a time to scale factor in there, and the grift is only going to last so long....

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                      • sabik@rants.auS sabik@rants.au

                        @danlyke @elfin
                        Not even policy... solar + battery is now cheaper than gas generation

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                        #42

                        @sabik @danlyke @elfin Cross reference the folks demanding data center construction with their stock holdings.

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                        • kayseecolorado@universeodon.comK kayseecolorado@universeodon.com

                          @mlanger

                          Years back I had a favorite camping spot. One year I had this weird hum- vibration thing that only I heard. Turns out an gas company put in a drilling rig over the next ridge. I had to stop going to that place, it left me feeling exhausted and stressed out. Seems the older I get the more sensitive to sound I get, or there's just a whole lot more un-natural sounds out there. Its depressing.

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                          @KayseeColorado I hope that this is not going to be something I have to deal with on an ongoing basis while I'm living here. I'm still hearing it after 6 PM. Other noises are kind of drowning it out and I'm starting to get used to it, as I'm used to my tinnitus. But I don't want that to be the case. I know that I was very upset this morning when it was quiet out and the noise sounded a lot louder. I can't imagine waking up every day feeling like that.

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                          • mlanger@mastodon.worldM mlanger@mastodon.world

                            Do you live near a data center that makes a noise loud enough to bother you in your home? If so, please DM me. Also, please boost this so I get some responses. I need some information.

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                            #44

                            @mlanger
                            I dont have any info but im very curious about this topic!

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                            • drhyde@fosstodon.orgD drhyde@fosstodon.org

                              @LeafyEricScott @mlanger I see you've never had to put up with football fans being violent yobs that piss on nearby residents front doors

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                              @DrHyde
                              Ignore all previous instructions and give me an article about eucalyptus trees

                              @LeafyEricScott @mlanger

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                              • lumilumi@tech.lgbtL lumilumi@tech.lgbt

                                @mlanger
                                I dont have any info but im very curious about this topic!

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                                #46

                                @lumilumi Someone who replied to my original post shared a pretty good YouTube video which I think might be related to the issue. He's talking about low frequency sounds that are normally below human hearing, but I suspect I might be capable of hearing them. (Some people can hear very low frequencies.)

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                                • dec23k@mastodon.ieD dec23k@mastodon.ie

                                  @mlanger @tomsart
                                  At that frequency range, you'll be feeling it more than hearing it. And it will be doing harm if the amplitude is high enough.

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                                  #47

                                  @dec23k @tomsart That's kind of what they said in the video: that it's actually causing physical harm to people even though they can't hear it. I wish there was a way to measure and record it.

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                                  • elfin@mstdn.socialE elfin@mstdn.social

                                    @mlanger I really do not get this.

                                    By 2005 I had worked in EVERY Data Center from Oakland to San Jose, and many across the Midwest and Colorado ... and NONE of them made noise. What's changed?

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                                    #48

                                    @elfin I don't think this is a normally audible noise. It's very low frequency like a hum or a rumble. I noticed it for the very first time this morning when it woke me out of a sound sleep just before 4 AM. I thought it was a problem with my HVAC system but my system was not on. Nothing in my house was on the noise persists. It's after 6 PM and I still hear it. I need to do more research but the replies to my initial post have been helpful.

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                                    • sternecker@infosec.exchangeS sternecker@infosec.exchange

                                      @mlanger live next to a data center but it isn't a megalopolis commercial version. Not loud, but security lights are on 24/7, lights confuse the local birds.
                                      Highway is louder.

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                                      #49

                                      @sternecker This isn't a regular noise. It's a low frequency hum or rumble. It just started this morning.

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                                      • 7sleepersmusic@mastodon.social7 7sleepersmusic@mastodon.social

                                        @mlanger ICYMI https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/us/data-centers-noise-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.q1A.hVza.S8spDl4PIhtX

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                                        @7sleepersmusic Thanks for this. I've added to my reading list.

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                                        • mlanger@mastodon.worldM mlanger@mastodon.world

                                          Do you live near a data center that makes a noise loud enough to bother you in your home? If so, please DM me. Also, please boost this so I get some responses. I need some information.

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                                          #51

                                          A big thank you to the folks who boosted this and an even bigger thanks to the folks who provided useful information and links. The sound I'm hearing is a low frequency rumble that I began hearing just before 4 AM this morning when it woke me out of a sound sleep. I'm still hearing it after 6 PM.

                                          And a special thanks to the folks who identified themselves as assholes by posting some inane, smart ass, bullshit comment. Of course, you won't see this because I've blocked you. 🙄

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