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Community Advocates Plan to Sue Data Center Company Over Illegal Air Pollution in New Jersey
Notice of intent to sue outlines Clean Air Act violations at DataOne facility Tylar Greene, tgreene@earthjustice.org Legal document Vineland, NJ — Today, Sustain SJ, represented by Earthjustice, sent DataOne Vineland LLC, DataOne USA LLC, Nebius Inc., and Northeast Precast LLC, along with state, regional and federal agencies, a notice of its intent to file an…
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SUSTAIN SJ FILES SUIT OVER IMPROPERLY APPROVED AI DATA CENTER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — VINELAND, NJ – Sustain SJ, a nonprofit group comprised of South Jersey residents, has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the City of Vineland Planning Board’s approval of an AI data center. The City of Vineland Planning Board held two public hearings on August 5th and August 17th, 2026, and approved…
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SSJ and NJEJA Joint Statement
New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance and Sustain South Jersey Respond to DEP Fine Against DataOne AI Data Center Vineland – On September, 22 the New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance and Sustain South Jersey acknowledged the Department of Environmental Protection’s announcement that the Agency has fined DataOne slightly over $1 million for operating 62 large natural-gas…
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NJ Fines DataOne
NJ fines Microsoft-backed data center $1.07 million for operating 62 methane gas-fueled generators without permits VINELAND, N.J. — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has fined the Microsoft-backed DataOne data center in the city $1.07 million for violating the Air Pollution Control Act. DEP said in a statement that DataOne installed and operated…
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Open Letter to Microsoft
Dear Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Brad Smith, You claim you want to be a “good neighbor” and build “Community First AI Infrastructure” – does that standard not apply to the contractors you hire to build data centers for you? Clearly it doesn’t, because violating federal and state law by flooding our communities with…
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