Earshot
BUILDING THE SUBURB
EarshotData centre noise and setbacks · MVP
19:30
evening limit applies
Conceptual site
A 100 MW data centre on an industrial lot at the edge of a suburb, with the nearest homes 135 m away.
Rooftop chillers72 × 89 dB(A)
Backup generators96 × 110 dB(A)
Generator yard wall6 m
Nearest home from boundary135 m
Design surface
Plant selection, screening and layout, tested against the night noise limits.
Chiller attenuation
NonePackageEnclosed
Generators
Yard wall6 m
Enclosure attenuation0 dB
Stack height9 m
Design controls lockedProprietary tooling. Press ▶ Demo to watch it run.
Scenario
Weather
One simulated year · every hour, January to December
Normal operation, within the limitGrid outage, within the limitGrid outage, over the limit
Outages this year0
Hours over the limit, nearest home0.0
Long-run average per year0.0 h
Probability of any exceedance in a year0%
Noise level, dB(A)
25limit 4365
Modelled insight. Better design.
Verdict · how far is far enough
A hard number sets the direction. Optimised design gets the best outcome.
Nearest home, hours over the limit a year
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Probability of any exceedance in a year
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Concept
Concept · illustrative
Conceptual site · representative equipment sound power · simplified ISO 9613-2 · illustrative outage and weather statistics