THE VIDEO SHELF · data center infrasound noise
Datacenters Behaving Like Acoustic Weapons
Benn Jordan investigates infrasound and low-frequency noise from data centers, including xAI's Colossus and a crypto mine, and reports his own experiments on the effects. The video covers the health and community impacts on nearby residents.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited in data center siting debates as evidence that noise and infrasound can seriously affect people living nearby.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Benn Jordan
- Topic
- data center infrasound noise
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 5
- HN mentions in dataset
- 10
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2026–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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This research presentation from Benn Jordan will hopefully change your mind on the noise issue and its consequences. I highly recommend it. [VIDEO]
soulofmischief on Hacker News · 2026-03
In Montana Leads the Nation with Groundbreaking Right to Compute ActPlugging this video about infrasound, which I only recently learned was a thing: [VIDEO] These datacenters can be built in ways to limit this kind of noise pollution, but it appears local leaders do not think about things like this that can truly harm their …
schainks on Hacker News · 2026-04
In Missouri town fires half its city council over data center dealThis is a really great watch from Benn Jordan on the topic [VIDEO] Some wild things happening with those, and infrasound. Colossus is shown 4 mins in
Torn on Hacker News · 2026-05
In Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200
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