Microsoft-backed NJ data center fined $1M over illegal generators

A farmer's photo exposed 62 unpermitted gas generators, each 1,982 kW, at a Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland, New Jersey. The facility was fined $1 million for emitting pollutants like nitrogen oxides, highlighting tensions between AI compute expansion and local communities.

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