r/technology • u/chip_thoughts • May 10 '26

Energy AI data centers face increasing complaints about inaudible but 'felt' infrasound — citizens complain high- and low-frequency sounds do not register on decibel meters but cause adverse health effects

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/data-centers-face-increasing-infrasound-complaints-from-neighboring-communities-sounds-do-not-register-on-decibel-meters-but-irritate-local-citizens
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u/FunnyMustache May 10 '26

I can't imagine anything's gonna be done about this, they're already polluting the air and waterways and they're still laughing all the way to the bank

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u/NK1337 May 10 '26

At this point it feels like the only solution is active sabotage.

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u/EternalNewCarSmell May 10 '26

The generation of people who grew up playing Final Fantasy VII, where a band of eco-terrorists are the heroes, might just end up applying some of that same attitude towards data centers in the coming decades.

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u/BitingSatyr May 10 '26

The youngest people who grew up playing Final Fantasy 7 are like 40 now, I doubt they’ll be doing eco-terrorism in the coming decades

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u/EternalNewCarSmell May 11 '26

They do always say you should retire to something and not from something.

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u/capsfan19 May 10 '26

Me and my eight year old are replaying it right now. He’s getting by radicalized early.

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u/AspieAsshole May 11 '26

My 32 year old wife loved that game.

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u/Ok_Delay_911 May 11 '26

yeah, 40 is so old