Thousands of Gallons of Diesel Spill From AI Data Center in Secaucus, N.J.
Equinix hired Clean Harbors to contain the spill as state officials said the fuel was stopped before reaching the Hackensack River.
- On Friday, about 5,000 gallons of diesel spilled from a storage tank at the Equinix Data Center in Secaucus, flowing into Anderson Creek, a tributary of the Hackensack River.
- Equinix officials attributed the leak to a "computer glitch" at the Hartz Way facility, which has operated for 25 years but is currently undergoing expansion requiring on-site diesel generators.
- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection confirmed the diesel remained contained within Anderson Creek; contractors from Clean Harbors recovered 3,500 gallons of fuel as of Monday.
- Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli called the incident "extremely upsetting, to say the least" and signaled support for a natural resource damages claim to hold Equinix accountable.
- The incident has become a flashpoint in the regional data center debate, with Hackensack Riverkeeper Bill Sheehan calling the spill "a slap in the face" to ongoing environmental restoration efforts.
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Computer error at NJ data center blamed for 5,500 fuel spill
NEW JERSEY (PIX11) — A computer glitch is being blamed for 5,500 gallons of diesel fuel spilling into Secaucus’s Anderson Creek, a tributary of the Hackensack River. The fuel came from a storage tank that powers backup generators at Equinix, a data center that has been in Secaucus since 2001. “We’ve never had a problem [...]
NJ data center leak spills 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into river, officials say
More than 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel were leaked from a data center’s storage tank into a tributary of the Hackensack River, New Jersey officials said. The leak was first reported on Friday and came from a tank belonging to the Equinix Data Center, according to a statement from the company. As of Monday, it was not clear exactly how many gallons of fuel had gotten into Anderson Creek, located in the south end of Secaucus, the state’s Departmen…
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