Vineland data center seeks approval for on-site fuel cells

WHYY reports that DataOne defended a second-phase proposal for its Vineland, New Jersey AI data center during a six-hour planning board hearing.

• DataOne is seeking approval to power the 300-megawatt facility with Bloom Energy fuel cells, plus a 1.5-million gallon LNG storage tank; the company says the site is already approved and under construction in its first phase.
• The article says the project is for Nebius Group and tied to a $17 billion deal with Microsoft; if approved, the Vineland site would be Bloom Energy’s largest single-site fuel cell project to date, surpassing its current 80-megawatt South Korea installation.