WPLN News

The article reports that xAI’s gas-powered data center near Memphis is creating continuous noise pollution for nearby residents, raising concerns about sleep, stress, health, and effects on wildlife and pets. Jamie Banks of Quiet Communities says standard decibel measurements fail to capture the harm of low-frequency, inescapable noise.

The Guardian

A New Jersey lawsuit alleges that noise from the DataOne data center is disrupting residents’ sleep and quality of life for up to a mile away. Jamie Banks of Quiet Communitieswas quoted calling noise the “forgotten stepchild” of datacenter concerns and warning that low-frequency sounds can enter homes.

NBC

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

Quiet Communities celebrated a major EPA win alongside other progress, including a pickleball noise lawsuit victory, new partnerships with Dark Sky and the Hearing Health Foundation, and continued media coverage on data center noise. The issue also featured a 6th grader's school project on noise pollution and updates on healthcare acoustics standards.

The New York Times

Jamie L. Banks, founder and president of Quiet Communities, supports New York’s one-year pause on large data center construction and urges officials to use the moratorium to study and regulate data center noise.

Quiet Communities launched a new Quiet Industry program addressing noise from data centers and industrial facilities, welcomed Maria Becce to its Board and Dr. Sanjay Rajagopalan to its Scientific Advisory Council, and presented research at the global ICBEN 2026 conference in Copenhagen. The newsletter also highlighted busy advocacy work across EV noise, quiet landscaping equipment, and gun range noise issues, along with continued media coverage and an upcoming July QC Close-Up event on Portland's noise regulation history.