Microsoft-Backed AI Data Center Accused of Violating Federal Law
A thermal drone flown by Floodlight and The Guardian counted at least 45 of 62 gas generators running at once on the DataOne AI campus in Vineland, New Jersey, and the state says it has issued no permits for any of them. A former EPA air enforcement chief says that violates federal law. This breakdown separates what was observed from what has been found, untangles the three companies behind the “Microsoft-backed” label, explains which part of the Clean Air Act is actually in question, sets the case beside the near-identical xAI turbine dispute in Memphis, and draws out what it means for any business buying AI compute.