Posted on 01/08/2023 9:40:12 AM PST by Saije
been here for years, used to be a power plant
DRESDEN-Greenidge Generation, a vertically integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company, announced the installation of cylindrical wedge wire screens at the company’s water intake system in Seneca Lake has entered the final stage.
https://www.observer-review.com/greenidge-installs-screens-on-intake-system-cms-7597
Supposed to be limited to 21 million with 20 million “mined” so far.
Cryptocurrency mines of this size are made to mine one specific algorithm, not one specific coin. So it could mine any coin that uses the SHA-256d algorithm, such as Syscoin or Namecoin. But Bitcoin is by far the most popular one on that list.
The amount of heat produced by specialized mining computers is amazing. The noise is from the fans and cooling systems needed to keep them from burning themselves up.
Yes, they were indeed noisy inside but quiet outside.
In 2020, the largest concentration of USA miners was in rural west Texas.
They were trying to tap into natural gas that was too difficult or too expensive to transport.
The miners brought their own electric generators and basically burned gas straight from the well heads.
The biggest problem for miners in 2023 is that most of them need financing.
After a 70% Bitcoin price crash, finding gamblers who will bet millions on a mining operation is a very tough sell these days.
Like driving with only one backseat window partially open.
Low cost electricity in Iceland...home of aluminum refining.
I the Duck Inn still there?
I discovered decades ago that I was hypersensitive to low frequencies. At the time it merely affected my musical listening enjoyment.
I later endeavored to design/build subwoofers of a type which were sonically accurate (vs the type installed commonly in vehicles and the cheap ones sold falsely as subwoofers for home theater).
Sometime during the past year I’ve become aware that the term ‘hypersensitive’ was a misnomer until recently, experiencing stress & loss of sleep from low frequency noise from a couple of sources in my area. Previously, the noise was merely an irritant.
Now it evokes a fight/flight response will all of the associative stress. I’m currently engaged in Helmholtz resonator research pursuant to trapping the low frequencies.
It’s a very curious development (age-related infrasound sensitivity, I presume), particularly given that one such source of noise I’ve isolated to an RV which is parked nearby (a ‘homeless’ squatter who works for a local taxi company). The only thing which could make the noise I’m feeling (’hearing’ is a misnomer when referencing infrasound) is the furnace/fan in the RV.
(Note: I live rural. VERY low-density population, but some close enough to be an issue.)
I’m currently modifying a suite of electronics I acquired during my speaker design phase to serve as an infrasound detector/recorder. There are a couple reasons for this move: 1. To record/locate for litigation support, 2. To provide some assurance that the next property purchase is not poisoned by such noise.
(as I type this, there is the atypical ‘hum’ reverberating from my diaphragm to my skull; sometimes I feel like I’m ready to snap and sympathize with others in such scenarios as cited in the OP)
Anyone else experiencing age-related infrasound sensitivity???
The data centers in northern Virginia look and sound like office buildings (on the outside).Driving out the Dulles Corridor to IAD the other day, the wife and I were wondering who is paying for all those empty offices. Thanks for answering the question.
The company should invest in sound proofing the building. I wonder if a data center is that loud
95 decibels! There is no reason air conditioners and fans to be that loud.
And infra-sound? Is it sound or physical vibration from badly installed and substandard machinery?
Make a new friend—call the feds.
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