Microsoft-backed AI data center has been accused of violating federal law

The largest planned AI data center in New Jersey has been accused of violating federal law after an investigation found the site running dozens of gas-powered generators without a permit, according to Floodlight and The Guardian. Thermal drone footage showed the partly-finished DataOne facility was operating at least 45 of the site's 62 generators simultaneously. The facility allegedly doesn't have permits for any of them. We flew a thermal drone over one of the largest data centers planned on the East Coast. What we found: 60 unpermitted generators, tractor-trailer-sized, burning a mile from two schools.https://t.co/iuGazzdnSM