Neighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their lives
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters cite it as evidence that data center noise complaints are real, and one reposts it as a direct link to the video embedded in an article.
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What it is
A local Detroit TV news segment visiting a Michigan community that has lived next to a data center for a couple of years. Residents describe constant, 24/7 noise and say it has disrupted their daily lives.
What people said
Cites dijksterhuis · 2026-07 · Hacker News · on “Destroying a Community with a Gigantic "Clogged Vacuum Cleaner"”
youtube video link from the article behind the "you must agree to cookies to play this youtube video embed that's actually not a youtube video embed" shenanigans [this video]
Cites to11mtm · 2026-08 · Hacker News · on “Americans are rallying against data centers. Surprisingly few are getting built”
I can speak from a relative perspective, at least for my state; - The major Electrical provider has a terrible track record for improving overall reliability of service to local homes. The average outage time is 3x the normal average, and the percentages for rate increases always favor corporate customers vs residential. Yes, Residential often has more 'long tail' cost in outage scenarios but it should be better balanced IMO. but also our grid seems to be a bit stressed and adding that additional stress is a big concern. - The water usage for these data centers is an unknown, and sure they can do a closed or mostly closed loop but we aren't getting any promises on that. My state is lucky eno
Cites RaftPeople · 2026-09 · Hacker News · on “The Data-Center Debate Is Divorced from the Facts”
I've listened to the noise on local TV news where they went to the location (here's a youtube link: [this video] ) I would put the noise in the "fact" column.