Valuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoResidents who live near data centers say a constant low-frequency vibration is ruining their health and homeswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1537arrow-down17
arrow-up1530arrow-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-24 days agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·4 days 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-up13·4 days 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-down3·4 days 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.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI’d say the traditional long-term type of DCs arent as badly built as those built atm that looks like they can be deconstructed in a single week.
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.
I’d say the traditional long-term type of DCs arent as badly built as those built atm that looks like they can be deconstructed in a single week.