The Hum: Data Center Noise, and What Texas Law Can Actually Do About It
Ask about noise at Commissioners Court and you get the same answer every time: that’s what the abatement agreement is for — we’ll put conditions in it. Six hundred people in Hood County tried to build an entire city from scratch because conditions were not enough. The company sued in federal court to stop the election. Here is why. Where the sound comes from A large data center makes noise in three places: the cooling equipment, running continuously; the transformers that step grid power down for the building; and the backup generators, during testing. ...