Boom Box

Forget cloud nine. Today’s cloud goes to eleven. Data centers are generally unpopular these days. Particularly so among those who live within shouting (or thrumming) distance of one. NYT (Gift Article): The Cloud Has Sound: The Unrelenting and Unseen Cost of A.I. Data Centers. “Yes, the cloud has a sound, and some who live closest to data centers that emit the noise have reached their wit’s end trying to block it out. Residents in three small cities last month filed lawsuits against data centers specifically about noise.”

+ When it comes to these lawsuits, some datacenter owners have a very big thing on their side. The US government. D.O.J. Seeks to Halt Air Pollution Lawsuit Against xAI Data Center.