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by inigyou 3 days ago
Or maybe people want to be able to sleep?

How the fuck did the AI bubble industry manage to take one of the cleanest industries and make it dirty again?
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hereme888 3 days ago
That's precisely the CCP brainwashing: the data centers in question were actually VERY clean, and would give the communities a ton of jobs.

This happens all the time for people with agendas: pollution fear mongering for projects that are actually super clean and useful.

Seen it happen in real life, many times.

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inigyou 2 days ago
Why are there audio recordings of them being very loud?
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hereme888 5 hours ago
Noise complaints are for <10% of data centers. In the case of Loudoun, they did a good job building it to be under the county's 55 dB threshold. They followed the the standards, and still they're trying to diminish noise out of respect for residents.

Prince William/Greak Oak data center from Amazon had protests since 2022 over buzzing/whirring. Amazon said it was installing acoustic shrouds, and idk any further updates.

The one case that I'd acknowledge really needs fixing is Microsoft's Mount Pleasant.

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