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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      3 hours ago

      “You have 30 minutes to remove your generator.”
      “You have ten minutes.”
      “Your generator has been impounded.”
      “Your generator has been crushed into a cube.”
      “You have 30 minutes to move your cube.”

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      6 hours ago

      Instead they’re allowed to run them while they apply for the permit they didn’t follow through on. What a fucking joke