Affliction Music

Stage area being prepared for Camp Carnival ~ Adult Summer Camp and I'm telling you the aestethics are immaculate!! Posted up by the lake and once finished, tha pavilion will be set up for one hell of a party!! 13 ridiculously dope artists from across the region, incredible vendors, amazing food options, putting plenty in the air and surprises in store!! Catch a vibe with the tribe + Bonnie & Clyde from Tha Mountainside!! Golden Eagle Campground 21+/JULY 18TH, DOORS 7PM, 8PM START.

Tickets from us or any of the artists are $20, DON'T wait 'til last minute, this show WILL pack tf out!!! (These tickets are for the Saturday night concert only, for full weekend activity or camping tickets, please visit https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/carnival/camp-carnival-adult-summer-camp)

What is Project Ta**us?

A proposal by Oakland-based tech and real estate firm Raeden to convert a former Intel microchip manufacturing plant in Colorado Springs into a high-capacity data center.

What is a data center?

A data center is a physical facility that houses networked computers, storage systems, and computing infrastructure to process, store, and distribute massive amounts of data.

What are the components of a data center?

Servers: High-powered computers that run applications and process data.

Storage Systems: Hard drives and solid-state drives that hold digital files.

Networking Gear: Routers and switches that connect servers to the internet.

💧COOLING SYSTEMS: Machinery that prevents computers from overheating.

🪫POWER SUPPLIES: Transformers, batteries, and generators that ensure continuous electricity.

Projected Electricity Usage for Project Ta**us:

The facility is cleared to draw a maximum of 50 megawatts (MW) of power.

For perspective, 1 MW is enough to power 600-1,000 homes depending on average energy usage.

Grid Share: This 50 MW draw accounts for roughly 5% of Colorado Springs Utilities' peak generation capacity, which sits at 976 MW.

The facility plans to install 30 diesel backup generators to maintain uptime during local grid blackouts.

Project Ta**us Projected Water Usage:

The facility requires a one-time infusion of 200,000 gallons of water to completely fill and charge it’s cooling infrastructure.

Raeden states that because it is utilizing a closed-loop system featuring double-walled pipes and advanced leak detection, the 200,000 gallons will continuously recirculate via 36 air-cooled chillers. The developer asserts that the system will not require ongoing daily replenishment or fresh draw from Colorado Springs' municipal supply.

The initial filings indicated a potential need for 310 to 467 gallons of water per minute. The community remains concerned about the upstream water footprint, noting that the local utilities rely heavily on coal and natural gas plants—both of which require immense amounts of water to generate the 50 MW of electricity the facility needs

🚩Undisclosed Usage: There are recorded incidents where local facilities touted closed-loop, water-free operations but were caught draining MILLIONS of gallons from municipal or residential aquifers because the developers lacked proper metering.

🚩Data centers often market "closed-loop" cooling to alleviate community concerns about water usage, but investigations frequently reveal this to be a form of greenwashing. While the primary pipes may recirculate, these systems continuously BLEED TOXIC CHEMICAL DISCHARGE and rely heavily on massive, uncounted evaporation to function.

Even when pipes are completely sealed, the system requires continuous "makeup water" to compensate for evaporation. As extreme heat is generated by high-density servers, vast amounts of water are essentially bled off and evaporated into the sky to prevent overheating.

To prevent corrosion and bacterial growth, these systems use water-glycol mixtures and chemical additives. When the system requires flushing or maintenance, this concentrated wastewater (blowdown) is discharged, often raising pollution concerns.

Because the closed-loop claim is so often breached, data centers are actively altering local infrastructure. For example, a single facility can easily consume up to 5 million gallons of water a day—the equivalent of a town populated by up to 50,000 residents. In states like Georgia and Virginia, this hidden consumption has actively lowered water pressure for surrounding neighborhoods and drained municipal reservoirs.

Is there noise that comes from data centers? YES! There is also tonal noise.

What is tonal noise?

Tonal noise is distinctly perceived by the human ear as a continuous hum, drone, whine, or buzz.

The human brain is hardwired to detect patterns. Even if a background hum is relatively quiet, a distinct tone will easily cut through other sounds and grab your attention.

Many industrial tones occur at low frequencies (20 Hz to 250 Hz). Low frequency dominance! These long soundwaves easily pass through solid walls, windows, and standard earplugs, making them incredibly difficult to block out.

Massive cooling fans, transformers, and heavy compressors running at a fixed speed create a permanent, unchanging hum.

Substation transformers produce a notorious 60 Hz or 120 Hz hum due to magnetostriction (the magnetic fields causing the metal to physically vibrate).

Why It Is Harmful:

Standard noise regulations measure volume in decibels (dB). However, traditional decibel meters often fail to capture how irritating tonal noise actually is, because the acoustic energy is focused entirely on one note, it causes unique psychological and physiological stress.

- It causes mental fatigue. This happens because the brain cannot easily tune out a distinct tone, it remains in a constant state of mild alertness, draining mental energy.

- Low-frequency tones can vibrate a room's structure, causing people to feel the sound in their chests or heads, preventing deep sleep.

-Prolonged exposure to an unceasing mechanical whine triggers cortisol release, leading to chronic headaches, nausea, and irritability. Because of this, many modern acoustic laws now include a "tonal penalty." If a factory or data center produces noise that contains a distinct tone, investigators automatically add 3 to 5 decibels to the official measurement to reflect how much more disruptive it is to the human ear. Unlike general noise, tonal noise contains a recognizable pitch or frequency that people often find difficult to ignore.

- It acts as a persistent environmental stressor that triggers a chronic "fight-or-flight" physiological response. This noise frequently travels up to a 2.5-mile radius from a facility. Because the human brain cannot easily filter out these low-frequency hums, it creates specific physical, cognitive, and psychological side effects across different demographics.

-High maternal cortisol and adrenaline from noise stress cross the placenta, potentially altering fetal development.

-Linked to increased risks of premature births, low birth weight, and congenital malformations.

-Disrupts essential REM sleep, which is critical for infant neurological and brain growth.

-Can cause constant sensory overstimulation in infants leads to frequent crying, feeding difficulties, and elevated baseline stress.

-In children it severely reduces concentration, reading comprehension, and long-term memory retrieval.

-Chronic exposure above 55 decibels correlates directly with poorer school and testing performance.

-Frequently triggers tension-type headaches and pain focused in the frontal or temporal regions.

Causes behavioral issues, heightened irritability, hyperactivity, and a reduced capacity to manage emotional stress.

-For pregnant women it elevates baseline stress hormones (cortisol and adrenaline), keeping the body in permanent high alert.

-Chronic sympathetic nervous system activation elevates blood pressure, increasing preeclampsia risks.

-Continuous low-frequency noise prevents deep sleep cycles, causing profound maternal exhaustion.

-Significantly increases rates of prenatal anxiety, panic, and emotional vulnerability.

In adults it induces continuous spatial disorientation, vertigo, nausea, and loss of balance via inner-ear fluid vibration.

-Long-term exposure can cause abnormal thickening of extracellular matrices and blood vessels, reducing cerebral blood flow.

-Causes profound insomnia and daytime exhaustion, which compromises workplace performance.

-Triggers chronic headaches, high-pitched tinnitus, ear pain, and a feeling of constant psychological tension.

-For the elderly it significantly elevates the risk of life-threatening events, including heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure.

-Sleep deprivation and constant distraction exacerbate memory loss and confusion.

-Chronic stress pathways lower white blood cell efficacy, leaving aging bodies highly susceptible to infections.

-Vestibular issues and vertigo caused by low frequencies increase the likelihood of balance loss and physical injury.

Tonal noise from data centers severely worsens the symptoms of GERD, POTS, EDS, and mental disorders by trapping the central nervous system in a chronic fight-or-flight state, which prevents the body from entering the restorative rest-and-digest mode.

Low-frequency hums trigger inappropriate adrenaline spikes, causing sudden episodes of racing heart, chest tremors, and internal panic.

The relentless, inescapable nature of a low-frequency hum acts as an environmental threat signal, triggering unprovoked panic attacks and generalized anxiety.

Sleep deprivation from constant tonal noise depletes serotonin and dopamine levels, accelerating feelings of hopelessness, severe exhaustion, and emotional burnout.

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, or PTSD cannot easily filter out low frequencies, leading to continuous sensory meltdown, hyper-vigilance, and irritability.

Chronic exposure degrades executive functioning, severely crippling short-term working memory, emotional regulation, and decision-making capabilities.

This is just SOME of the damage that can be caused by a data center.

**Please consider watching the video in comments to understand more about data centers, water usage, energy usage, and tonal noise.**

Can’t wait to have y’all here!

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Behind the scenes look at the building stages of Camp Carnival. 🎡

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Only thing missing is you and a tire swing. 😝🤗

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Can you believe this is where we will be holding our next event?!

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Camp Carnival tickets for July 18th are on deck! 🤘🤌

-$20 each
-Must be 21 to enter
-Must have license to fish
-Can buy a state license for $10 at the event location
-The best lineup of musicians for 3 days in a row
-A true community connection
-Something unique and fun at each camp site
-A game changer

💯🎉📢👀 NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT! 👀📢🎉💯

Come out to Avenue 19 and catch D-Stylz & High Key (Affliction Music) headlining upstairs on the hip-hop stage for the 9th edition of Cash for the Homie! Got our brother BLaZeus Muzyk joining us, 4 stages jam-packed with ridiculously dope hip-hop/mixed genre artists plus EDM lineups on the patio and balcony , sick vendors, unique location in the center of downtown and even better!? Whole thing is FREE!! Just bring a few bucks to tip us or any of the artists you enjoy throughout the night!! Simple as that! Come vibe with Bonnie & Clyde from Tha Mountainside!! Huge shoutout to Widefield Yeti and Catch Collec for inviting us out. We plan on shutting it down!! Our set is around 1130 or so but extremely good times being projected all evening. Would love to see you.. Show IS all ages but discretion IS advised. LEGGO!!

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