Geoffsternecker@infosec.exchange
Jun 18, 2026, 10:22 PM@mlanger live next to a data center but it isn't a megalopolis commercial version. Not loud, but security lights are on 24/7, lights confuse the local birds.
Highway is louder.
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- Geoffsternecker@infosec.exchangeJun 18, 2026, 10:23 PM
@mlanger I post under "real name" so my address is easy to find.
Maria Langermlanger@mastodon.worldJun 19, 2026, 1:40 AM@sternecker This isn't a regular noise. It's a low frequency hum or rumble. It just started this morning.
- Geoffsternecker@infosec.exchangeJun 19, 2026, 11:38 AM
@mlanger several places I've worked had backup diesel generators and would test switching power to the generators at least quarterly. They have vibration dampeners but they are loud and can be the size of a train engine. That's my first guess.
- Maria Langermlanger@mastodon.worldJun 19, 2026, 1:33 PM
@sternecker I'm thinking something like that, too. Apparently the data center isn't 100% operational yet and I'm thinking that they are testing equipment. I'm in touch with someone at Microsoft who supposedly answers questions for people in the community about the center. He claims he's going to "reach out" to see if he can find out if anything was turned on yesterday for the first time. But now that he knows what this is about, I suspect they'll just lie.