(Image credit: Getty Images) Controversy due to AI data center buildouts generally centers around their massive power usage and draining of local water reserves, but noise is a third torment to nearby residents, and one that is arguably much harder to correct. Residents of Sturtevant, slightly south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft due to the excessive noise produced by the company's Fairwater facility. CEO Satya Nadella described the project as "the world's most powerful AI data center," projected to generate 865,000 tokens per second and have a final bill of $7.3 billion. The Sturtevant residents live just 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the facility. The lawsuit was filed by three citizens and represents the households within this distance, reportedly amounting to over 1,000 homes, including areas in Mount Pleasant.…