Gaining Data Center Benefits While Safeguarding Wilmington Neighborhoods |
As shown in the aerial above, the City of Wilmington is considering a proposal to construct a data center near the Beechwold, Southridge, South Wind, Timber Glen, and Warren Knolls neighborhoods. While data centers can provide many benefits, they can also generate excessive noise and impact neighborhood residents in other ways.
Those residing in the five neighborhoods may be at risk for excessive data center noise. Also, Roy E Holmes Elementary School is a half-mile from the site. To appreciate the neighborhood impact of the low-frequency noise unique to data centers, watch the four-minute, 2023 news clip at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JflFFqbZ1X8. Unfortunately, the current City of Wilmington Planning and Zoning Code will not prevent low-frequency data center noise.
A 2022 report, Data Center Noise Study for Prince William, Fauquier, and King George Counties and the Town of Warrenton, indicated the impact can extend a considerable distance though probably not beyond the red line in the aerial above which extends one mile from the proposed data center site.
Data center concerns and actions the City Council must take to safeguard Wilmington residents are presented in the letter posted at: https://app.box.com/s/apb0afr8ocy5mos48du2gwcsskydeojp.
Whether you live in these neighborhoods or your children attend Holmes Elementary, please sign our petition below urging the City of Wilmington Council to add safeguards to the Wilmington Planning and Zoning Code to gain data center benefits without harming our neighbors or school children.
For further information contact Jessica Sharp, who resides in Timber Glen next to the proposed data center site, at jboemker@yahoo.com or 513-312-5342.
For further details on data center benefits as well as potential impacts - and solutions - visit our consultant's (CEDS) webpage How to Protect Your Home from Data Center Impacts at: https://ceds.org/datacenter/.
Those residing in the five neighborhoods may be at risk for excessive data center noise. Also, Roy E Holmes Elementary School is a half-mile from the site. To appreciate the neighborhood impact of the low-frequency noise unique to data centers, watch the four-minute, 2023 news clip at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JflFFqbZ1X8. Unfortunately, the current City of Wilmington Planning and Zoning Code will not prevent low-frequency data center noise.
A 2022 report, Data Center Noise Study for Prince William, Fauquier, and King George Counties and the Town of Warrenton, indicated the impact can extend a considerable distance though probably not beyond the red line in the aerial above which extends one mile from the proposed data center site.
Data center concerns and actions the City Council must take to safeguard Wilmington residents are presented in the letter posted at: https://app.box.com/s/apb0afr8ocy5mos48du2gwcsskydeojp.
Whether you live in these neighborhoods or your children attend Holmes Elementary, please sign our petition below urging the City of Wilmington Council to add safeguards to the Wilmington Planning and Zoning Code to gain data center benefits without harming our neighbors or school children.
For further information contact Jessica Sharp, who resides in Timber Glen next to the proposed data center site, at jboemker@yahoo.com or 513-312-5342.
For further details on data center benefits as well as potential impacts - and solutions - visit our consultant's (CEDS) webpage How to Protect Your Home from Data Center Impacts at: https://ceds.org/datacenter/.