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New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/new-jersey-fines-data-center-1-1m-after-satellite-pics-expose-62-gas-generators/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.
Replying to @technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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.
Replying to @DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
Fine them one million a day until the generators are done. That should motivate them a bit more.
Replying to @Jesus_666@lemmy.world
They were already in violation. The days should count from the day they were installed, or from the earliest day it was confirmed as not yet installed.