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New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators (arstechnica.com)
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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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[–] 187 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

I'll bet anything they budgeted for a fine and it was still cheaper than doing it the proper way. Whoever signed the paper to approve the install should be on the hook personally.

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  • [–] 133 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    NJ should have Public Works seize all of the offending generators with NJSP as backup. No warning, no compensation. Corporate lawlessness like this needs to stop being profitable.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    This here!

    Cost of clean and legally installed energy = X
    Cost of cheap gas turbines, don't bother with permissions, plus a later fine = less than X

    That's a no-brainer.

    Fuck this attitude. I could say Fuck Capitalism, but it's possible to still make a good profit with X, so this is actually something worse than capitalism. Oh yes, a century of pathological, boundless greed encapsulated in tHe sToCk MaRkEt.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    a century of pathological, boundless greed encapsulated in tHe sToCk MaRkEt

    I'm pretty sure that is just describing Capitalism. Trade, Commerce, Profits, and Money all existed before Capitalism. The boundless greed and "line must go up" mentality is what Capitalism brings to the table.

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