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NIOSH Sound Level Meter App | Noise and Hearing Loss | CDC
A free iOS app from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health measures workplace noise to identify hazardous exposure levels. Combines a calibrated sound level meter and noise dosimeter, reporting metrics such as LAeq, TWA, and projected noise dose alongside guidance on selecting hearing protection to prevent occupational hearing loss.
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Discharge from AI Data Centers and How to Mitigate Contamination
140,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions are projected annually by 2028 from wastewater treatment tied to AI data center cooling. Rising contaminant loads include biocides, corrosion inhibitors, heavy metals and dissolved solids. Real-time water quality monitoring tracks nitrates, pH and conductivity in facility discharge.
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Establishing a Community Environmental Baseline with You and Your Neighbors
This document is a step-by-step guide to testing radon, PFAS, air quality, and noise levels on a property before nearby industrial development begins. Specific tools named include the Pennsylvania Radon Map, Cyclopure PFAS test kits, and USGS water monitoring stations for building a baseline record.
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AI Infrastructure Politics Tracker
Tech Policy Press catalogs legislation, executive orders, regulatory actions and government investigations tied to AI infrastructure expansion. Entries span data center siting, energy demands and grid impacts — filterable by topic, government level and policy type. New developments land as federal and state jurisdictions respond to AI buildout.
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Data Centers and Land Development | AcreValue
Finding a single 200-500 acre parcel with every attribute a data center developer wants is rare, so this AcreValue blog post pitches "parcel stitching" — assembling several adjacent parcels into one buildable footprint — as the practical alternative. Written by AcreValue (a land-data/GIS platform vendor), the piece walks through using its map tools to view…
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Data Center Anticipated Approvals and Permits
Fair Shake is building a list of permits a data center might need that leaders can copy and use to track projects in their own communities.
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Baxtel – Commercial Data Center Map & Directory
Interactive global map from Baxtel plots data center locations worldwide by construction stage, operator type and power capacity. Filters operational, under construction, planned, land-banked and withdrawn facilities. Regularly updated project statuses show where new sites cluster and where previously announced projects have stalled or been pulled.
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms