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New Jersey Regulators Found DataOne Operated 62 Unpermitted Natural-Gas Generators at Vineland AI Data Center
- Occurred
- Jul 29, 2026
- Published
- Sep 23, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In July 2026, New Jersey inspectors found 62 unpermitted 2,000-kW natural-gas generators powering DataOne's Vineland data center, which has an agreement to provide AI computing power to Microsoft. The state later fined DataOne $1.07 million under the Air Pollution Control Act. Residents also reported persistent noise and raised concerns about air emissions; DataOne disputed the state's decision.
Developers
- Data center developers
Deployers
- DataOne
- Data center operators
Harmed parties
- Residents living near data centers
- Public health
- General public of New Jersey
- General public
- Environmental quality
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Incident involves regulatory violation and fines for unpermitted generators at an AI data center, not a direct AI safety failure.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8