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Michigan residents sue AI data center emitting noise 24/7 — company fined for industrial noise ordinance violations, offers to buy homes from residents (www.tomshardware.com)
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Residents of Dowagiac, Michigan, just filed a lawsuit against a data center that allegedly generates a high-pitched whining sound — and has done so 24/7 for the past two years.

The data center, which is owned by Alliance Cloud Services LLC, a subsidiary of Hyperscale Data, used to be an industrial building that sat behind a row of pine trees across the street from the most affected residents, according to ABC-affiliateWXYZ. The site started development in 2018 and was eventually turned into a cryptocurrency mining center in 2021. But in 2024, something changed drastically when the building started emitting noise pollution around the clock. Residents say it sounds like a vacuum cleaner in their living room, and the company has offered to buy up homes from unhappy residents.

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[–] notabot@piefed.social 32 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

That's very decent if them, but the thing is, there's now strong demand for those houses, as there's a corporate buyer looking to purchase them, so the price has gone up a bit. Say by an extra digit or so added to the value.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago

Yup, if say, the going rate for the houses were 400k, we'll they should now be 4 mil each

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, they’ll have the government eminent domain the houses for pennies on the dollar

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Can’t eminent domain for a data center that’s already built.

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 6 points 9 hours ago

With the current government they'll be able to eminent domain when they feel like it.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Can do it for expanding a data center

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Are they expanding? Because the article is about noise.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The developer mentions wanting to expand in the article

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks, I missed that as I was skimming. Jeeze, really burying the lede there that a company already fucking up the neighborhood wants to get bigger.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Can’t have a neighborhood complaining about noise if there’s no neighborhood

[–] Aqivex@fedinsfw.app 5 points 12 hours ago

Other poster isn't being difficult, facetious, or provocative, btw. The scumbags have already done exactly that, in other US states, already. Often. The articles are all over Lemmy.

[–] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago

It's mainly about the noise but the article does mention

The company said that it’s planning to expand its operations in the footprint in the area, but the city said that it hasn’t received any permit applications.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

also if you have a lower interest rate than is available today (likely) then your payments are going to go up even if you buy a house at the exact same price. not to mention the cost and hassle of moving.