Property Values
As AI booms, land near nuclear power plants becomes hot real estate
Cheap low-carbon energy? What's not to love... Situation Publishing/The Register ByTobias Mann Mon 25 Mar 2024
Data Centers & Prop values
Amazon data center impact on property values?
By Spryte, September 28, 2023 in The Chat Board, Well Trained Mind forum
We have just gotten notice that Amazon is planning to build a data center complex (not a distribution warehouse) next to our suburban neighborhood which backs to wooded areas. [insert horrified screaming] ...
Why Data Centers Are Loud, and How to Quiet Them Down
by Christopher Tozzi | Jun 02, 2023
( Excerpt) Why does data center noise matter?
From an operational standpoint, the amount of noise that a data center makes doesn't matter much. Servers don't care how loud it gets.
However, the people who work in data centers, as well as those who live or work in the neighborhoods surrounding them, are affected by all of the noise. The 96 db(A)s produced by servers is enough to cause hearing loss in people who endure the noise levels for an extended period, which is bad news for those who work inside data centers. And listening to HVAC compressors or generators all day is not exactly pleasant for folks who live near data centers.