“It’s disgusting. It’s cowardly. It’s disgusting. There’s a certain amount of cruelty…”
Elderly people who’ve lived in a small town for 35 years, and most of that time it was quiet, and they now say the noise since the data center moved in is so bad that it’s “been hell” with headaches and difficulty thinking. And technically, these people have decibels inside their house that technically require wearing hearing protection in their homes at all times.
I Live 500 Feet From A Bitcoin Mine. My Life Is Hell. More Perfect Union Jul 24, 2025 “It’s a different type of noise pollution. It’s not like truck traffic or anything like this. It’s a special noise. It’s a low frequency noise that is coming from these operations. And it is incessant.” (…) “The last thing we needed was more pressure on this lake. I know I can survive without electricity. I do know that. I can’t survive without water. ” (…) “These ginormous conglomerate corporations are having real impacts. They consume vast quantities of water, especially in Texas.” (…) “Who would buy this place? You have to disclose? My property value has gone down 75%, and that’s according to Hood County Appraisal District. The reality is, my property value is worthless.”
Many of the people complaining are Trump voting Republicans and they’re pissed. Some say they don’t have a problem with crypto or the politicians, but they’re mad at the companies doing this. But who controls the companies? Government. And who controls the government? Politicians.
It’s a known thing that noise pollution is damaging to human health. (And probably anything else in the vicinity.)
The Documentary Podcast – LOUD: Is noise an invisible killer? March 16, 2025
The article I saw a couple years ago about Berwick Pennsylvania, the headline was: “Residents of small Pennsylvania town are being driven mad…”
Daily Mail – Residents of small Pennsylvania town are being driven mad by huge BITCOIN MINE whose two large cooling towers vibrate and hum more loudly than a waterfall By Dominic Yeatman For Dailymail.Com Published: 14:40 EDT, 13 December 2023 ‘The gentleman that’s house is the last house on Confers Lane, you could literally go inside his house, put your hand on the wall, and feel the vibration from the fans. it was that bad,’ said Ernest Ashbridge III, vice president of Salem Township board of supervisors. On Tuesday fed-up residents told the power boss they had endured enough of the endless noise.
This stuff is all the rage with people like Ted Cruz, the right-wing governor of Texas, Donald Trump, and sadly, Democrat Governor Josh Shapiro here in Pennsylvania. Clearly this is not really a partisan problem.
But it most definitely is a political problem.
“Our politicians keep going with corporations even knowing that they’re not being honest. They don’t care about us. They want that money.”
And more specifically it’s often a money in politics problem.
Big-dollar donors are helping fund fixes at the governor’s mansion. For now, we don’t know who they are. by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA | July 16, 2025 But neither the nonprofit nor a Shapiro spokesperson would immediately provide the names or the specific amounts they contributed so far, or say what the money will be used to fix or replace. They did not explain why. A spokesperson for the nonprofit said it intends to “publicly thank” donors and provide a list of names at a later, unspecified date. A Shapiro spokesperson added that donors will also be listed on a display inside the residence.