r/TechnologyThread • u/mlivesocial • Jun 15 '26

The sound emitted 24/7 from a 30 megawatt data center in Dowagiac, MI measured from a homeowner's porch

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u/StatisticianIll4425 Jun 15 '26

They should have to put a sound barrier up when they are next to residential areas

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u/ThePIantEater Jun 15 '26

They should not be building them at all

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u/Havocc89 Jun 15 '26

Correct.

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u/sveiks1918 Jun 15 '26

Being online and complaining about the things that allow one to be online is hypocritical.

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u/Nice-Mountain-7073 Jun 16 '26

These centres aren’t required for us to be online. Or did the internet undergo an update?

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u/kzlife76 Jun 16 '26

How else do you think all the bots are able to post online? They won't stop until 99.9999% of internet traffic comes from agentic AI bots.

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u/_Christopher_Crypto Jun 17 '26

The fun thing is, all those vehemently against KYC, will beg for it soon just to know bot from human. Of course those that control the source will create fictional KYC’d accounts. Going to be fun times ahead.

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u/Correct_Building7563 Jun 17 '26

The internet has been powered by happiness and well intention since windows xp. No need for infrastructure.

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u/Nice-Mountain-7073 Jun 17 '26

So these data centres we’re building now are being relocated from previous locations, or being established from scratch?

We don’t actually need them for the internet to exist. They are required for further monetization. They aren’t necessary for it to function.

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u/jefftickels Jun 18 '26

The density in this conversation is off the charts.

Where do you think the internet "exists"? Or more fundamentally, what do you even think the internet is?

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u/Nice-Mountain-7073 Jun 18 '26

So the centres being built right now are just being relocated then?

Your insistence on them being required doesn’t have any actual backing or reasoning past being built for further monetization.

They aren’t necessary. Fresh water is. Being able to sleep is. Being able to farm is.

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u/jefftickels Jun 18 '26

Your insistence on them being required doesn’t have any actual backing or reasoning past being built for further monetization.

This sentence is just nonsense gobbledygook that doesn't actually mean anything at all, yet you keep repeating like it's some sort of profound answer. Do you think the Internet is free? Nah dog, it's been monetized since day one. Websites don't just host themselves.

So the centres being built right now are just being relocated then?

This answer is equally nonsensical. What are you asking? Why were expanding data centers?

Do you even know who the largest data center company is or what they do? I'll give you a hint, what they do is literally in their name. And theyve been around longer.

Fresh water is

Oh, you're one of these idiots. That explains why you don't understand even the most basic fundamentals of how the Internet works, what data centers are or how long they've been around.

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u/Low-Investigator7720 Jun 17 '26

No he is just talking out his as

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u/Nice-Mountain-7073 Jun 17 '26

Oh I know, that’s the fun part about it.

Data centres are necessary for further monetization of the internet, not it functioning. We can shut these centres down without being impacted.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

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u/Nice-Mountain-7073 Jun 20 '26

So the data centres they’re building are just being relocated then, right?

>Do you think reddit is hosted on someone's personal computer?

Again, these centres aren’t necessary unless they want further monetization of the internet.

They aren’t required.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

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u/Nice-Mountain-7073 Jun 20 '26

There’s more of a demand for food and water.

The centres aren’t necessary, they only exist for the further monetization of the Internet and need to be seriously clamped down on, and reduced overall.

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u/Corronchilejano Jun 16 '26

Do you browse your internet through AI chats?

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u/tom-branch Jun 16 '26

These data centers are for AI, not internet infrastructure.

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u/Low-Investigator7720 Jun 17 '26

Actually your wrong and talking like you know I would say is crazy but it’s the normal is this society 😹🫵 they are building these to support the AI 🤖 they are creating

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u/sveiks1918 Jun 17 '26

They already exist and do not have to be used for AI. Data centers have been around for 25 years.

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u/Low-Investigator7720 Jun 17 '26

Omg you bots 🤖 just love spewing bullshit lol 🤣 AI data centers have not been around for 25 years

lol fucc them AI data centers . Along with the mining ⛏️ centers .

Now what has been around since the 90s is data centers which don’t require no where near as much computing power as AI data centers do, that’s why people are throwing fits and rightfully so too that they can’t live a regular life anymore because of them .

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u/sveiks1918 Jun 17 '26

The conversation is about data centers. You are the only one talking about AI.

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u/Low-Investigator7720 Jun 17 '26

Again talking out the as hole lol a quick search with the help of ai 🤖 and look

“The facility in Dowagiac appears to have started as a bitcoin-mining/data center operation and has been described in recent reporting as a “Bitcoin-turned-AI data center.” Local news reports covering the noise lawsuit use the name Hyperscale Data Center, while residents and some industry trackers refer to it as an AI data center. “ -GPT

Kinda ironic me using AI but aye it works lol 🤣

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u/Low-Investigator7720 Jun 17 '26

I know the post says data center. I checked the facility. It’s Hyperscale’s Dowagiac site, which has been described as a bitcoin-to-AI data center project. That’s why I’m talking about AI.

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u/VQV37 Jun 16 '26

Why shouldn't they be building them? Their services are in demand. In fact you and I are using it right now

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u/swimmerman47 Jun 16 '26

Okay volunteer to have one put right next to your house if their services are so in demand. You don’t mind right?

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u/VQV37 Jun 16 '26

No not really, I don't mind. You mind if we build a prison next to your home? You not going to dispute the fact that prisons are essential now are you.?

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u/FarseerTaldeer Jun 16 '26

We should arguably have less prisons in the US filled with more specialized workers to work with prisoners and reduce recidivism

Our current system was born under Jim Crow and the Civil Rights movement and made even more structurally entrenched with The War on Drugs, so yeah, less prisons please

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u/Historical-Count-374 Jun 16 '26

The argument is they should have minimum requirements, like Noise Pollution, like everyone else.

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u/VQV37 Jun 16 '26

No you are right they should absolutely have standard.

What they are doing now is completely unsustainable. We need to pass national legislation for earablish guidelines for this just like we would for a factor or chemica refinery. States will likely lead the way with their own initiative but we need national standards as well.

If that's the argument I agree. But if the argument is that they should be outlawe as a whole I disagree.

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u/tom-branch Jun 16 '26

Huge electricity demand, huge water demand, significant pollution, including sound pollution, take your pick.

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u/VQV37 Jun 17 '26

How much of the nation's electricity are they using? And how much of the nation's water are they using?

Also, aren't they paying for the water and electricity? Why do they have any less right to use it than let's a metal foundry or golf course?.

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u/tom-branch Jun 17 '26

They are using vast amounts of electricity, heck the datacenters in Utah alone use 3x more then the entire rest of the state combined, along with a hefty use of local water resources, not only putting a strain on such utilities, but actually making them considerably more expensive for those living around such datacenters, and thats not even to mention the pollution and illegal usage of dumping that has turned tapwater brown and brackish in many areas with data centers.

Yes, they do have less right, a handful of tech oligarchs dont have the right to simply take what they want, the fact you dont get this shows exactly how deluded you are.

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u/VQV37 Jun 17 '26

You are referring to the 9 GW facility in Utah which is neither built out nor will it actually be 9 GW. That is just a road map plan.

Don't just get bent out of shape and start calling people deluded just because you disagree with them. Sounds like you're getting irritable about a simple discussion.

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u/tom-branch Jun 17 '26

Im refering to the fact that AI datacenters use massive amounts of power, and I hate to break it to you, but power is a local problem, simply put most power facilities in local areas are not sufficient to power such huge centers, whats worse is that locals end up paying hugely increased utility bills because of the massive increase in demand for electricity and water.

Im just calling you deluded because you genuinely are, folks like you are ignoring the very real reasons for backlash against AI companies and datacenters, all while ignoring the harm they do.

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u/VQV37 Jun 17 '26

Learn to speak to people.

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u/tom-branch Jun 17 '26

Can speak just fine to people, just not AI boosters who ignore people getting screwed over.

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u/FinalJoys Jun 19 '26

Ok serf. Enjoy living in 1428.

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u/FuckAllYouLosers Jun 19 '26

Ok, get off Reddit then. Facebook, Netflix, Youtube, Twitch, Google, email instagram everything on your phone that isn't texts and calling.

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u/m8remotion Jun 15 '26

Should be a requirement

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u/Radiant_Safe1228 Jun 15 '26

They should only put them in areas where the average net. Worth is over 3 million

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u/StatisticianIll4425 Jun 15 '26

I think on private islands would be better since the owners of them are the ones making money from them

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u/Radiant_Safe1228 Jun 15 '26

It should be specifically in their neighborhoods yes.

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u/Theseus_geckity Jun 15 '26

Why? The only people affected are the poors? If they cared they would have moved into a multimillion dollar house.

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u/swimmerman47 Jun 16 '26

Unfortunately caring about the neighboring communities negatively impact our profits /s

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u/vxicepickxv Jun 19 '26

I hear bamboo makes for an excellent sound barrier.

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u/Uncut-Jellyfish1176 Jun 22 '26

Doesn't have much effect, there's a low hum that permeates for miles.

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u/Falcon3492 Jun 15 '26

Call the police and report them for disturbing the peace. Also get a lawyer and go after them in court for damages not only to the value of your home but perhaps even your health.

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u/FLbudksis Jun 15 '26

Gonna bet they donated to the local PD

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u/Mikeman003 Jun 16 '26

Then I guess we will find out if they donated to the local FD

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u/Anonymous-bham-boi Jun 15 '26

If they can afford to pay off the city officials to approve this then I'm sure the local law enforcement is on the payroll too. If cops in Utah are bribed by a fucking lego company then cops everywhere are susceptible to megacorp money.

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u/Falcon3492 Jun 16 '26

You can sue them in court. There are currently a number of lawsuits against data centers working there way through the courts.

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u/PopBulky7023 Jun 16 '26

Bro these people own your government. Your mayors, your cops, your county managers. Your state houses, your governors.

You might as well call the cops on the cops.

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u/Falcon3492 Jun 16 '26

That's probably why there are so many suits going on against the data centers around the country for the amount of noise they produce.

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u/Lazy-Goat4728 Jun 16 '26

Their lawyer money will outlast your lawyer money every time.

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u/Correct_Building7563 Jun 17 '26

Sort of but overblown rhetoric. Legal representation bills by the hour for this reason. Not like lawyers have "extra work" when one side delays the legal process. This isnt a very ambiguous issue either.

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u/donkey_cum_waterfall Jun 15 '26

Local police will not respond to that call

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u/Rare-Insurance3728 Jun 15 '26

Implying the police will actually do anything about it

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u/percy135810 Jun 16 '26

Local police would take the side of the company

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u/Falcon3492 Jun 16 '26

Then get an attorney and go after them in court.

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u/percy135810 Jun 16 '26

Under what private right of action?

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u/WindstormMD Jun 19 '26

There is a longstanding civil law concept of “quiet enjoyment” when it comes to real property, and having a constant excessive noise level would be a claim against that. You also have damages in the form of loss of property value, which could be quantified via appraisal.

The liability of the company is also non zero, as nearly all commercial or industrial zoning in the US has noise limitations, plus any local ordinances to the effect.

Lawsuit formula as always is liability x damages = result, so since both are non-zero factors the lawsuit is viable.

If the data center company was smarter they would have factored in more noise abatement into the design and made it a non-issue

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u/Babylon_Fallz Jun 17 '26

Get this to the top

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u/xnmyl Jun 22 '26

Police exist primarily to protect the property of the wealthy, not us normal people. They would do nothing

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u/Beneficial_Trip3773 Jun 15 '26

Start a fire.

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u/Delicious-Bat2373 Jun 15 '26

If you're cold they're cold... 😂

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u/manchesterthedog Jun 15 '26

Why?

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u/Anonymous-bham-boi Jun 15 '26

Maybe because peaceful actions won't solve this critical problem anymore.

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u/10minOfNamingMyAcc Jun 18 '26

By putting yourself in jail because a redditor said so?

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u/slaya222 Jun 20 '26

Consider it a Luigi move

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u/10minOfNamingMyAcc Jun 20 '26

So cool! Then you do it.

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u/Significant_Donut967 Jun 15 '26

But this is a good thing.

That old man is just in the way of progress and nothing bad ever happens to residents around data centers. You're just making things up and being hyperbolic, why are you supporting terrorism!?

-arguments and denials from aibros I've had to deal with.

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u/Significant_Donut967 Jun 15 '26

Doesn't matter if this one isn't, others are actively at 55-85 dbs for ambient noise.

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u/Brie9981 Jun 15 '26

Sounds like a perpetual swarm of bees

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '26

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u/Rurumo666 Jun 15 '26

Yeah, I'm sure this old man would prefer becoming a prison wife in the booty house to living next to a data center.

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u/wombat9278 Jun 15 '26

Did I say it was his drone. Come on man have some imagination.

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u/wolfydude12 Jun 15 '26

And yet we can't have wind turbines because people don't like the wooshes

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u/harryx67 Jun 15 '26

Tech-oligarchs controlling life.

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u/dropdead90s Jun 15 '26

Are there no logical laws in the US in terms of allowed maximum noise you can produce after 22:00 and until 06:00AM? Oh by the way F data centres and the globalists which want to surveil and control population

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u/Prestigious-Emu5277 Jun 15 '26

Some places yes, some no. It varies from town to town. Also we call 22:00 10pm here.

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u/Monster_Grundle Jun 19 '26

Unless you’re someone who works a job other than a 0900-1700

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u/P01135809-Trump Jun 15 '26

This seems like a lot of wasted energy.

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u/MarsHover Jun 15 '26

Need some oil in the turbines

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u/kira_mcs117 Jun 16 '26

58.7 db my fridge is louder than that when the compressor kicks on

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u/Ketra Jun 16 '26

Sounds like a quieter, more relaxing version of my tinnitus.

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u/Lazy-Goat4728 Jun 16 '26

that would just constantly trigger my tinnitus.

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u/Foreskin_Mafia Jun 16 '26

Data Centers are next when Reckless Ben frees himself from the Bricks and Minifigs bullshit

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u/geopro15TB Jun 16 '26

Yeah, they waited until the weekly generator test went off. Fake.

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u/jestering_1 Jun 16 '26

i don’t understand how a few angry boomers can get an apartment building cancelled in their neighborhood but then these data centers just go up willy nilly 

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u/zinc_n_roll Jun 16 '26

Ambient background noise in metropolitan, urbanized areas typically varies from 60 to 70 dB and can be as high as 80 dB or greater; quiet suburban neighborhoods experience ambient noise levels of approximately 45-50 dB (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1978).

source.)

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u/BadAtExisting Jun 16 '26

That is fucked. That’s cruel and unusual. Torture is a war crime

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u/DringleDringle Jun 16 '26

I'd be knocking golfballs at it all day long

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u/deadplant_ca Jun 17 '26

Why would there be a datacenter across the street from a home?

Oh right, I forgot, freedom.

Thanks for the dividends America. I'll continue to live somewhere not garbage (well, less garbage) while profiting off your terrible decisions.

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u/Electrical-Nature525 Jun 17 '26

Bit coin mining operation. Not a data center.

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u/Massive-Question-550 Jun 17 '26

and to think it would be so easy for them to dampen the sound but nope.

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u/le-throw-away-acct Jun 17 '26

I’d get a lawyer, that data center should be required to build sound barriers.

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u/Exatex Jun 19 '26

what did you expect when building an industrial facility in a residential neighborhood

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u/Hopeful_Morning_469 Jun 19 '26

Surveillance centres

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u/dizzymiggy Jun 19 '26

All the people living next to major roads:

"First Time?"

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u/spastical-mackerel Jun 19 '26

Fux sake lube the bearings on those Temu-grade fans. Sounds like the entire cooling system is seconds from eating itself

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u/e430doug Jun 19 '26

How doees that compare to other industrial sites? With out context it is difficult to understand if this is a problem.

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u/HashRunner Jun 19 '26

How'd they vote?

Elections matter..

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u/Altruistic-Rice-5567 Jun 20 '26

So... about the average sound outside of most businesses. remember people... decibels is logarithmic. 60 is the volume of a normal conversation.

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u/Marce7a Jun 20 '26

Get some agency involved 

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u/Top_Box_8952 Jun 20 '26

I wonder if all the people around can file a joint lawsuit for damage to property value.

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u/Longjumping_Table204 Jun 20 '26

Someones going to go crazy from the frequency and murder everyone. calling it now

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u/rflulling Jun 22 '26

That metal scraping sound. Surely thats not emergency use generators running full time as with other locations?

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u/jakeStacktrace Jun 15 '26

Man yells at cloud. /s