This week, New Jersey ordered the operator of one of the East Coast’s largest planned data centers to pay a $1.1 million fine for secretly installing and operating gas generators in violation of the state’s Air Pollution Control Act.

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[–] 124 points 3 days ago* (8 children)

the [62] “tractor-trailer-size” generators were “impossible to miss” and certainly were not there when inspectors last visited in December 2025.

Each one of the generators cost roughly $1 million. With shipping, installation, etc. the total was probably north of $100 million for these generators.

So, they were fined less than 2% of what it cost them to have these installed. Pocket change, indeed.

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  • [–] 50 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Tow the generators and impound them!

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  • [–] 38 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Fine them one million a day until the generators are done. That should motivate them a bit more.

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