The cooling makes a lot of noise:

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/11/data-centers-ai-ele...

Add to that the health hazards that come from infrasound:

https://popwave.ai/benn-jordan/blog/data-centers-infrasound-...

People know they exist because they had to dig new wells because the water level sunk or the groundwater pollution reached high levels

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/12/02/massive-data-centers-ma...

Since managed aquifiers are rare, overall water consumption is an issue, regardless of cooling system:

https://harvardsciencereview.org/2026/02/28/re-architecting-...

As for the data enter owned power plants. Did you know that 1820 (global) gas turbines power the datacenters?

https://www.globalinforesearch.com/reports/3130730/data-cent...