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Computer error at NJ data center blamed for 5,500 fuel spill

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Newest development Sep 15, 2026 · 3 reportsData Center’s Spill of 5,000 Gallons of Diesel Forces N.J. River Cleanup

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.

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  1. NJ data center leak spills 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into river, officials say

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    Data Center’s Spill of 5,000 Gallons of Diesel Forces N.J. River Cleanup

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  1. NJ.com / Star-Ledger

    Data center spills diesel fuel into N.J. river tributary (opens NJ.com / Star-Ledger)

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    The clean-up will likely continue into the week, state environmental officials said.

  2. NBC New York

    NJ data center leak spills 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into river, officials say (opens NBC New York)

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    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.

  3. Pix11

    Computer error at NJ data center blamed for 5,500 fuel spill (opens Pix11)

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    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.

  4. BizPac Review

    Data center spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into river tributary (opens BizPac Review)

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    A New Jersey data center spilled roughly a small tanker truck’s worth of diesel fuel into a nearby creek Friday. An estimated 5,000 gallons of No. 2 […]

  5. End Time Headlines

    Data center disaster as 5,000 gallons of diesel spill into New Jersey wetlands (opens End Time Headlines)

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    Thousands of gallons of diesel have poured from a New Jersey data center into wetlands that feed the Hackensack River, triggering an intensive cleanup and fresh outrage over the industry’s swift spread across the state.

  6. NJ.com / Star-Ledger

    Diesel spill from N.J. data center still being cleaned up after 5,000 gallons leaked into waterway (opens NJ.com / Star-Ledger)

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    More than 60 groups had already warned Gov. Mikie Sherrill that rapid data center growth could cause irreversible harm to communities.

  7. New York Times

    Data Center’s Spill of 5,000 Gallons of Diesel Forces N.J. River Cleanup (opens New York Times)

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    The fuel poured from a storage tank at a large data center in Secaucus, N.J., into a tributary of the Hackensack River.

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