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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Graig Graziosi

Boston neighbhorhood frets as towering ‘dungeon’ data center looms over homes

The hum never stops.

That's life for Jake Fortes, whose childhood home in Lowell, Massachusetts — approximately 30 miles north of Boston — sits just 100 feet away from the mammoth Markley data center. He told CBS News that he can hear the hum of the center's numerous industrial air conditioners, and noted that the hum gets louder in the summer.

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