Valuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoResidents who live near data centers say a constant low-frequency vibration is ruining their health and homeswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square105linkfedilinkarrow-up1539arrow-down17
arrow-up1532arrow-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 · 7 days agomessage-square105linkfedilink
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·7 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-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 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.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 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-down3·7 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.
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.
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.
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.