Million-dollar fines won’t end billionaires’ data center pollution, neighbors fear.

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.

  • Zarxrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    65·
    2 days ago

    DataOne was given 45 days to apply for the permits or else cease operations, but they can continue operating the gas engines while seeking permits.

    • TronBronson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      I’ve worked in construction most of my life and I always wonder how code enforcement will come down hard on small projects and do nothing about larger ones. This is a local government issue, and the locals write the laws….