Air Quality & Emissions
New Jersey fines Vineland AI data center $1.1 million for 62 unpermitted gas generators
Confirmed
- Date
- 2026-09-23
- Location
- Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States
- Category
- Air Quality & Emissions
- NOISEPOLLUTION
- Distance from data center
- Not stated in sources
Evidence
- Did the harm happen?
- Officially confirmed
- Did the data center cause it?
- Confirmed
- AI connection
- Confirmed AI use
- What was affected
- Air
- Why
- State fine for unpermitted generators at the site; drone imagery documented the units.
- Denials and outcomes
- DataOne disputes the state finding.
New Jersey fined DataOne more than $1.1 million for operating natural-gas generators without a permit at its 300-megawatt Vineland AI data center, built for Nebius to supply computing to Microsoft, after drone imagery showed rows of generators. Neighbors had complained of noise and air pollution. DataOne disputes the state's finding.