Jamie Banks
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“very narrow frequency bands in the low frequency range”
Jamie Banks · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
Banks described the narrow frequency bands in the low-frequency range where effects like hum and whooshing occur.
“The forgotten stepchild is noise.”
Jamie Banks · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
Banks described noise as the often-overlooked problem among the concerns raised about datacenters.
“That noise … is coming right into people’s homes.”
Jamie Banks · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
Banks noted that low-frequency noise from industrial facilities penetrates into people's homes.
“Effects like hum, whooshing, whistling,”
Jamie Banks · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
Banks described specific auditory effects that occur in narrow low-frequency bands associated with nearby industrial facilities.
“What I say is that there’s really four problems here: three are given a great deal of attention – energy consumption, water use and contamination,”
Jamie Banks · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
Banks identified energy consumption, water use, contamination, and noise as the four key problems associated with datacenters.