Valuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoResidents who live near data centers say a constant low-frequency vibration is ruining their health and homeswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square102linkfedilinkarrow-up1543arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1536arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square102linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·2 months 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-up13·2 months 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-down3·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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.