Mystery #Humming Noise Heard Across US States

By Marni Rose McFall
Mar 25, 2026 at 01:21 PM EDT

"Americans across several states are reporting hearing a strange humming noise in their neighborhoods, and residents think they know the culprit: #DataCenters.

But these centers are especially resource hungry—particularly for electricity and water—which has led to concerns for residents.

According to a study from The Environmental and Energy Study Institute, data centers emit sounds 'from the humming of cooling systems, rumbling of diesel generators, and whirring of fans, which can be heard for hundreds of feet around them.'

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In Vineland, New Jersey, residents have said there is a persistent humming noise they believe is coming from a nearby data center."

Read more:
https://www.newsweek.com/data-centers-mystery-humming-noise-11735566

#AIDatacenters #DataCenterMoratorium
#NoisePollution #AISucks #SurveillanceState #NoDatacenters #HyperscaleDatacenters

Scientists have found an alarming #EnvironmentalImpact of vast #DataCenters

Story by Laura Paddison, March 30, 2026

Excerpt: "They found surface temperatures increased by an average of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit after a data center started operations. In extreme cases, nearby temperatures increase by up to 16.4 degrees Fahrenheit.

"These increases were consistent across the globe, the researchers found. In #Mexico’s #Bajio region, for example, which has become a data center hub, the study found unexplained temperature rises of around 3.6 degrees over the last 20 years. A similar situation was seen in #AragonSpain, a European center for #hyperscale #AIDataenters, which recorded a temperature increase of 3.6 degrees which was not replicated in neighboring provinces.

"Strikingly, the impacts weren’t limited to a data center’s immediate surroundings; temperature increases affected areas up to 6.2 miles away, the research found, affecting more than 340 million people.

"The findings are particularly alarming, the scientists say, because AI data centers are set to boom over the next few years, and these temperature rises come as planet-warming pollution is already making #HeatWaves more extreme around the world."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/scientists-have-found-an-alarming-environmental-impact-of-vast-data-centers/ar-AA1ZL7P1

#HeatIslands #DataCenterMoratorium #GlobalWarming #NoisePollution #AISucks #SurveillanceState #NoDatacenters #HyperscaleDatacenters

"Hyperscale data centers are a social and ecological disaster and communities across the country are now organizing to stop their construction and operation. The costs are too high even if the large language models they are designed to support were socially beneficial. But that is not the case. These models are unreliable, socially dangerous, generally undermine rather than enhance worker capacities, rely on exploited labor for their training and operation, and are a technological dead-end. Moreover, as the New York Times reports, research by McKinsey & Company finds that “nearly eight in 10 companies have reported using generative AI, but just as many have reported ‘no significant bottom-line impact.’”

We need all-hands-on-deck to stop the high-tech assault on our lives and that includes publicizing the costs of these hyperscale data centers and supporting the community resistance movement."

https://economicfront.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/data-center-resistance-a-good-ground-game-can-help-stop-the-corporate-ai-offensive/

#AI #BigTech #Datacenters #GenerativeAI #HyperscaleDataCenters