Photo credit: Tara Winstead by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Data processing centers for bitcoin mines and artificial intelligence (AI) endanger both health and the environment. There has been a wealth of reporting about noise from bitcoin mines and...
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Texas neighbors suing nearby crypto mine
Photo credit: Worldspectrum by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Here is yet another article that turns our attention to the noise generated by bitcoin mining facilities....
Norwegians celebrate end of noisy bitcoin mine
Photo credit: Roger Brown by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition DL News reports that residents of Stokmarknes in northern Norway are glad that a noisy bitcoin mine closed. The facility had loud air cooling systems, making noise that local residents described...
‘Noisy, hungry data centers’
Photo credit: Field Engineer by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Sean Patrick Cooper’s New York Times opinion article is titled: “Data Centers Make Terrible Neighbors.”...
We’re sick of noise pollution
Photo credit: Sergei Starostin by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The title of Stan Cox’s article on the Naked Capitalism website is: "We’re getting sick of noise pollution," but I might prefer: "We’re getting sick from noise pollution." Or, maybe both...
Rural Texas community says crypto-mining harms health
Photo credit: RDNE Stock project by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Many people move to rural areas to escape noise, only to discover that noise soon finds them. Texas...