News Summary

• Noise from cooling fans and transformers alone can reach up to 80 decibels at the property line.
• The loud noise can be heard up to a mile away, but low-frequency noise stretches even further.
• People that live near or around data centers have reported experiencing headaches, nausea, vertigo, sleep deprivation and disturbances, ear pain, hypertension, and ringing in the ears.
• Data centers increase air pollution, contribute to negative climate change, consume loads of water and power, cause noise pollution as discussed here, and put added pressure on already marginalized communities.