DataCenter.FM – background noise app featuring the sound of the AI bubble

4/30/2026 at 1:15:37 PM

And if you want to feel like you're coding in the midst of a battle: https://tabletopy.com

by lovegrenoble

4/30/2026 at 10:43:20 AM

I triggered a containment breach, no need to thank me, Roko's Basilisk!

by ablation

4/30/2026 at 11:42:37 AM

AI! Data! AI! Data!

by hootz

4/30/2026 at 1:20:46 PM

The noise in a server room is quite pleasant for me. It's loud, but in a soothing way I can't really describe.

by tosti

5/1/2026 at 6:49:47 AM

I'm a fan of pink noise, which has a distribution of frequency/power that is closer to a lot of natural sources, like the sound of a waterfall.

It's only a guess that we're biologically primed to find it more comfortable, but I think it's a pretty good guess.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_noise

by Terr_

4/30/2026 at 2:40:11 PM

"White Noise and Its Potential Applications in Occupational Health: A Review"

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10135504/

by lovegrenoble

4/30/2026 at 10:42:22 AM

The staff sporadically saying "AI!" is a very nice touch. I found myself trying to get as many servers and load as possible but having the temperature stay stable. This is a neat little game, in a way (though it seems to auto-stabilize too easily).

Edit: Oh, there was a containment breach. My bad, humanity...

I cannot imagine how the people who live close to this type of nonsense feel, though, it must be horrible.

by 59nadir

4/30/2026 at 1:15:22 PM

They are not that loud from outside, at least the normal ones. We have office a block away from one, you don't really hear it over city noise.

Tho it is normal datacenter and not AI one with some turbines jerry-rigged together to power it...

Also the sounds are entirely fake and not related to actual DC

by PunchyHamster

4/30/2026 at 1:16:41 PM

I'm basing this mostly on the segments that were done on how people in rural areas (generally quieter) were experiencing all kinds of issues from living too close to data centers.

by 59nadir

4/30/2026 at 9:48:53 PM

This is fun. Artsy, poignant, narrative. It reminds me of the fun internet, like in 2001.

by owentbrown

4/30/2026 at 10:16:00 AM

Everything other than “staffing” is amazing. “Staffing” needs to be more sentient.

by oefrha

4/30/2026 at 10:03:01 AM

Bubble or not, this is great!

by zurfer

5/1/2026 at 7:00:18 AM

This is the kind of thing that looks simple until you're three layers deep in edge cases.

by ardline

4/30/2026 at 3:33:45 PM

A master volume control would be nice (only because my browser doesn't have per-tab controls).

by TOGoS

4/30/2026 at 3:36:43 PM

Honestly only 100 servers are multiple of orders of magnitude louder than this.

I can't even hear myself think in a normal datacenter with 20 racks; if a bunch of them are starting up or are fully loaded then: no chance.

I don't think servers are quieter with GPUs in them.

by dijit

4/30/2026 at 1:42:47 PM

this is genuinely lovely to work to. Something about the hum of servers is oddly motivating

by katezm

4/30/2026 at 2:53:55 PM

some of those fans need to be replaced, sounds like a lot of bearings going

by winddude

4/30/2026 at 12:08:56 PM

This is great, haha

by sethops1

4/30/2026 at 2:06:35 PM

Half life vibes

by guitcastro

4/30/2026 at 6:21:44 PM

Cool as hell!

by r0b05

4/30/2026 at 10:13:19 AM

Fun!

by luaybs

4/30/2026 at 12:09:19 PM

I was hoping to hear a loud POP

by drcongo

4/30/2026 at 4:32:53 PM

This may end in a sputter.

by tartoran

4/30/2026 at 12:54:22 PM

I'd like this but with pleasant sounds

by energy123

5/1/2026 at 3:15:31 AM

There’s https://mynoise.net for a variety of ambient sounds

by intelkishan

4/30/2026 at 1:11:34 PM

just search for ambient noise generator, there are bunch of them

by PunchyHamster

4/30/2026 at 4:01:25 PM

The iPhone comes with a bunch built in.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/109346

by reaperducer

5/1/2026 at 4:25:17 AM

Thanks! That page also refers to some Apple Musix playlists that are excellent for sleep, relaxation, focus.

by JSR_FDED