program that was criticized for forcing students into polarizing discussions. The program was abandoned in November of the same year.
=== Power plant ===
The university agreed to lease 43 acres on the STAR campus to The Data Centers (TDC) for the construction of the data center. The data center plan included a combined heat cycle natural gas-fired power plant capable of generating 248 megawatts of power. TDC claimed that the power plant was critical to ensuring an uninterrupted electrical power supply to the facility, which is critical for data integrity. The TDC business plan also called for sale of excess electricity. Portions of the Newark community questioned the business plan, claiming that the power plant is not an auxiliary part of the data center but a separate industrial use, which would violate the zoning of the STAR campus.
On April 28, 2014, the City of Newark Board of Adjustment upheld its April 19, 2014, ruling that the power plant is an accessory to the data center and that no rezoning was required. …
