Opening line: "Data centers.....can be hazardous places for the workers...."
In the list of "possible jobs to have", data centers are comparatively sterile.
Loud? Yes. Lonely? Yes. Vast? Yes. Hazardous? That's a stretch.
In the list of "possible jobs to have", data centers are comparatively sterile.
Loud? Yes. Lonely? Yes. Vast? Yes. Hazardous? That's a stretch.
Further, I think its weird you don't think of the sound as a hazard. When its so loud you must wear 30+NRR hearing protection, it sure seems like a hazard to me.
That sounds very different from my experience (not with MS DCs) --- where it was loud (though not quite as loud as e.g. an automotive shop) and windy, but the temperature was kept at a controlled 68F (20C) and alerts were raised if it got even slightly hotter than that.
Yes, I suppose there is more risk than sitting at a desk all day, but I think the parent is comparing it to many other jobs like those in the heavy equipment industry, mining, farming, petro, etc.
Certainly there are riskier jobs. Certainly, by and large, data centers are safe places to work. But they are not without hazards and I (obviously) find it irksome when those hazards are dismissed so easily.
[1] https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/06/01/expl...