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96db is quiet? https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/communities-are-raising-noise-pollution-concernsabout-data-centers https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/communi

• user43928 2mo ago
  The posted article measured 67db, the sound of a lively conversation, next to the data center. I am interested to learn where the 96db comes from. I see only vague claims about up to 96db inside of a server rack, but could not locate a concrete measurement or method used to determine this number.
• mapontosevenths 2mo ago
  I stopped reading this a few lines in at: "Because there is a lack of reliable data from sound level meters ..." A decibel meter is about $20 on Amazon, often cheaper. I dont know what their agenda is, but they've got one.
• ptero 2mo ago
  The linked article claims that sound can be heard "hundreds of feet from the data center". That is a very short range. As much as I doubt that spreading of the data centers is a good thing, noise is not the weapon to wield. Unless we are talking the center of a quaint town. And possibly not even then.