Data Center Spills Thousands of Gallons of Diesel Into NJ Creek After Computer Glitch
A data center spilled thousands of gallons of diesel into a tributary of New Jersey’s Hackensack River on Friday evening. The incident occurred at Equinix’s NY2 facility in Secaucus, where approximately 5,000 gallons of fuel were released from an outside storage tank and flowed into Anderson Creek, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Equinix hired contractors to clean up the oil dump when it was detected on the evening of Sept.
- ▪A data center spilled thousands of gallons of diesel into a tributary of New Jersey’s Hackensack River on Friday evening.
- ▪The incident occurred at Equinix’s NY2 facility in Secaucus, where approximately 5,000 gallons of fuel were released from an outside storage tank and flowed into Anderson Creek, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protec
- ▪Equinix hired contractors to clean up the oil dump when it was detected on the evening of Sept.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 1 hour. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Data Center’s Spill of 5,000 Gallons of Diesel Forces N.J. River Cleanup — NYT — Business
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A data center spilled thousands of gallons of diesel into a tributary of New Jersey’s Hackensack River on Friday evening. The incident occurred at Equinix’s NY2 facility in Secaucus, where approximately 5,000 gallons of fuel were released from an outside storage tank and flowed into Anderson Creek, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Equinix hired contractors to clean up the oil dump when it was detected on the evening of Sept. 11, and work is expected to continue into this week. Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonelli attributed the spill to a “computer glitch” in a statement to News 12.
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