Valuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-217 hours agoResidents who live near data centers say a constant low-frequency vibration is ruining their health and homeswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down13
arrow-up1344arrow-down1external-linkResidents who live near data centers say a constant low-frequency vibration is ruining their health and homeswww.nytimes.comValuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-217 hours agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·13 hours agothat’s why i mean it’s the same thing. don’t build them near people. we know ground-transferred infrasound is bad for your health. as for louder, idk. i worked next to a facebook dc for years, it was eerily quiet.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 hours agoOld data centers and these new things are about as similar as a single family home and a cruise ship. See SUMO’s comment above.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·11 hours agointerestingly the one i was next to was one of the first to use the evaporative cooling tech most of them use now. it was developed partly at my university.
that’s why i mean it’s the same thing. don’t build them near people. we know ground-transferred infrasound is bad for your health.
as for louder, idk. i worked next to a facebook dc for years, it was eerily quiet.
Old data centers and these new things are about as similar as a single family home and a cruise ship.
See SUMO’s comment above.
interestingly the one i was next to was one of the first to use the evaporative cooling tech most of them use now. it was developed partly at my university.