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Doll @dollspace.gay · 23/08/2026

Conspiracist dreck isnt a flawed video its disinformation

paul hauntsel 👻 🎃 @paulhansel.com · 23/08/2026

Is this also conspiracist dreck? youtu.be/t-8TDOFqkQA?... Not appealing to the authority of BI -- but their video has ~10x the views as Benn's Does anyone want to hold an Axel Springer property to the same standard as a random musician who doesn't fully understand the papers he cites?

And just in case the power cuts out, data centers have backup batteries as well as those diesel generators that
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they need permits for. The byproduct of all that energy use is heat. In many
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data centers, massive cooling systems suck out hot air and pass it through air conditioning units in a continuous loop.
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The most common type uses chilled water to absorb heat and release it from a cooling tower. The cooling systems and
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fans emit a constant drone. The noise level is generally below the limits permitted for industrial zones close to
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residential areas, but these were never designed with the 24/7 drone of modern data centers in mind.
Living With the Drone - Meet Carlos
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Listen to this. The ambient sound of Dulles Town Center in Northern Virginia
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recorded on a phone.
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Three Amazon data centers sit roughly 200 m away.
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I ran the audio through noise reduction software. Only then do you realize that hidden behind the drone of the data
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centers, there is bird song

about 20 mi south in Manasses, Virginia. Carlos Janis measures the noise from his local Amazon data centers. But again,
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it's uh pretty much uh what we were experiencing.
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And that's just from your deck out there. That's from the deck. So, what sort of reading are we getting?
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So, right now it's uh stabilizing, but of course, we're talking.
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He does this twice a day, usually in the evening, and logs his readings with a local residence group. This has been his
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routine for the last few years. It's not something that you just hear. It's something that you just feel and
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enough to the point when it's really really strong, you can even hear the windows vibrate.
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He spent $20,000 on insulation and replacing all the upstairs windows.
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Still, the sound and the feeling of the constant hum keep him from sleeping. I'm getting bombarded each and every
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night. And again, I can I can feel it. Even if I touch the wall, you could feel
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the vibrations on the wall. The American Public Health Association says chronic
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noise exposure can lead to serious health problems like cardiovascular disease or increased stress. Carlos's

noise exposure can lead to serious health problems like cardiovascular disease or increased stress. Carlos's
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son started having nightmares recently uh with my kid. Uh he's 7 years
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old. He's he was waking up a few times. I was trying to figure out what was going on. And one day he told me, um,
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"Dad, there's a spaceship outside." And as a father, it's terrible because I
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can't do anything about it. Since replacing the windows, they've also tried white noise machines. At one
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point, Carlos moved his whole family down to the basement to try to escape the vibrations.
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After the local homeowners association raised concerns to county officials and Amazon executives,
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they initially tried to muffle the sound by putting material around the fans on top of the buildings. When that didn't
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work, they replaced the fans themselves with taller exhaust vents.
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The noise level did drop, but Carlos and his neighbors say they can still feel the vibrations from the data centers. An
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Amazon spokesperson told us the centers operate well below required sound levels. Meanwhile, Carlos feels stuck.
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He's worried that the data centers will reduce the value of his home and he'll never recoup the money he spent on it,

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Doll @dollspace.gay · 23/08/2026

Yes, yes it is. Clickbait is common.

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