US datacenter

A datacenter in Vineland, New Jersey discharged large amounts of health-harming pollution for nearly a year without the required permits, according to records reported by The Guardian. Regulators eventually stepped in, but the facility had already been emitting pollution for months before action was taken. The case has drawn attention to the environmental impact of rapidly expanding datacenter infrastructure in the United States.

A datacenter in the United States discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year without holding the required permits, according to a Guardian report. The case has drawn attention to the environmental footprint of rapidly expanding datacenter infrastructure, with critics pointing to weak oversight of emissions and wastewater from facilities powering cloud computing and artificial intelligence.