Data center noise lawsuits: Residents sue over sounds of AI boom

Concerns about data centers initially centered on their energy and water consumption, but as more have come online, residents’ gripes are increasingly about noise.

Cheryl Shadden was fed up. The noise in Granbury, Texas, that started as a hum in the summer of 2023 had by January begun to disturb her at all hours.

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