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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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[–] 43 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

Fines are just a cost of doing business. There needs to be criminal charges and real consequences on the people making the decisions, and shutting down those generators until they meet regulations.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago

    Or the scale of the fine can be expressed as a percentage of the assets and revenues, to make the fines genuinely dreadful.

    Never mind right sizing the fines. I keep operating from the assumption that we are dealing with largely reasonable people who have a bad take and are correctable.

    Make guillotines great again.

    No new taxea, no fines, no jails, straight to the public square guillotine with this level of malfeasance.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    In many US states if you get caught poaching game, the equipment you used is often subject to confiscation - that includes the boat, 4x4 truck, etc. If you are walking down the street with a suitcase full of cash - police can simply confiscate it with no evidence of an actual crime. If you are not going to jail anybody at least get yourself 62 generators for free. Am I overthinking this?

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