Data centers in West Des Moines, Iowa
Residents in West Des Moines, Iowa, are reporting noise and light pollution from Microsoft’s Project Osmium data center. Local resident Phoebe Spieker noted that the facility's constant operation has disrupted the quiet of her neighborhood near the site.
"There is no such thing as quiet anymore," Phoebe Spieker said as lights from Microsoft’s Project Osmium shine across from her house and she wipes the morning dew off her car’s sideview mirror as her and her husband leave for…
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