A Microsoft-backed data center faces intense backlash due to gas turbines
A Microsoft-backed data center in Vineland, New Jersey, is facing community criticism over 62 gas turbines without permits, and a 1.5-million-gallon LNG tank, with a price tag of $19.4 billion (USD).
While AI companies are racing to build data centers fast enough to keep up with growing demand for computing, how much delay in environmental oversight and permitting should be allowed relative to construction speed? And who ultimately decides this balance: the company building the facility, local regulatory authorities, or the communities living next to projects like this one in Vineland, New Jersey, where the turbines are already operating?
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A Microsoft-backed data center in Vineland, New Jersey, is facing community criticism over 62 gas turbines without permits, and a 1.5-million-gallon LNG tank, with a price tag of $19.4 billion (USD).
While AI companies are racing to build data centers fast enough to keep up with growing demand for computing, how much delay in environmental oversight and permitting should be allowed relative to construction speed? And who ultimately decides this balance: the company building the facility, local regulatory authorities, or the communities living next to projects like this one in Vineland, New Jersey, where the turbines are already operating?
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