{
  "id": 3949447,
  "title": "‘It’s all you can hear’: New Jersey lawsuit takes on datacenter’s noise pollution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/its-all-you-can-hear-new-jersey-lawsuit-takes-on-datacenters-noise",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T11:00:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/28/datacenters-sound-pollution-lawsuits"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lawsuit alleges sound is nuisance for up to one mile around datacenter as residents experience noises from DataOne It’s a sound Steve Brown, a 63-year-old Vineland, New Jersey resident, literally hears in his sleep: BGRRRRRRRRRRR. It drones, oscillates, growls – these are machines at industrial scale. Are they generators? Pumps? Fans? Brown does not know what equipment causes the sound or why. He…",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}