When loading AE2 on a Forge 1.16.1 server (latest update, v106), the loader crashes immediately and presents a log with fatal errors.

Describe the bug

Fresh install of all components. It was working with the client version of forge (with multiple mods and AE2 solo), but is not working on the server version of forge. I tried on two separate computers, one being a Dell Proliant DL380 with Java 1.8 (not sure on the version and lost connection to it at the moment), as well as my Laptop which has Java 1.8.0_261; both gave the same error listed below.
When launching the server, a fatal error appears within 5-10 seconds of startup, and the command prompt immediately closes. Removing the mod allows the game to launch.

To Reproduce

Create a folder for the minecraft server to reside it.
Download the latest version of Forge which complies with AE2 requirements (32.0.76 - 33.0.0) - latest version is 32.0.106, which I am using.
Run the Forge server installer.
Download the latest version of AE2 and put it in the mods folder - the version I installed from curseforge is: Applied-Energistics-2-Mod-1.16.1.jar
Using a .bat file, start the forge server jar.
Upon starting, the error listed below appears.

Expected behavior

The server should start and run with AE2 loaded.

Additional context

[04Aug2020 11:33:17.630] [main/INFO] [cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher/MODLAUNCHER]: ModLauncher running: args [--gameDir, ., --launchTarget, fmlserver, --fml.forgeVersion, 32.0.106, --fml.mcpVersion, 20200625.160719, --fml.mcVersion, 1.16.1, --fml.forgeGroup, net.minecraftforge]
[04Aug2020 11:33:17.633] [main/INFO] [cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher/MODLAUNCHER]: ModLauncher 6.1.1+74+master.966c698 starting: java version 1.8.0_261 by Oracle Corporation
[04Aug2020 11:33:18.117] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.FixSSL/CORE]: Added Lets Encrypt root certificates as additional trust
[04Aug2020 11:33:18.142] [main/INFO] [mixin/]: SpongePowered MIXIN Subsystem Version=0.8 Source=file:/C:/Users/zgreenside/Desktop/Minecraft%20Server%20Test/libraries/org/spongepowered/mixin/0.8/mixin-0.8.jar Service=ModLauncher Env=SERVER
[04Aug2020 11:33:18.176] [main/WARN] [net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.FMLConfig/CORE]: Configuration file C:\Users\zgreenside\Desktop\Minecraft Server Test\config\fml.toml is not correct. Correcting
[04Aug2020 11:33:18.182] [main/WARN] [net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.FMLConfig/CORE]: Incorrect key [defaultConfigPath] was corrected from null to defaultconfigs
[04Aug2020 11:33:18.762] [main/INFO] [cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler/MODLAUNCHER]: Launching target 'fmlserver' with arguments [--gameDir, .]
[04Aug2020 11:33:24.642] [modloading-worker-9/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeMod/FORGEMOD]: Forge mod loading, version 32.0.106, for MC 1.16.1 with MCP 20200625.160719
[04Aug2020 11:33:24.643] [modloading-worker-9/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge/FORGE]: MinecraftForge v32.0.106 Initialized
[04Aug2020 11:33:26.216] [modloading-worker-11/ERROR] [net.minecraft.util.Util/]: No data fixer registered for appliedenergistics2:tiny_tnt_primed
[04Aug2020 11:33:26.844] [modloading-worker-11/FATAL] [net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.RuntimeDistCleaner/DISTXFORM]: Attempted to load class net/minecraft/client/world/ClientWorld for invalid dist DEDICATED_SERVER
[04Aug2020 11:33:26.845] [modloading-worker-11/ERROR] [net.minecraftforge.fml.javafmlmod.FMLModContainer/LOADING]: Failed to create mod instance. ModID: appliedenergistics2, class appeng.core.AppEng
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null
at appeng.core.FacadeItemGroup.(FacadeItemGroup.java:43) ~[?:8.0.0-alpha.1]
at appeng.core.AppEng.(AppEng.java:123) ~[?:8.0.0-alpha.1]
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_261]
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_261]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_261]
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_261]
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_261]
at net.minecraftforge.fml.javafmlmod.FMLModContainer.constructMod(FMLModContainer.java:136) ~[?:32.0]
at net.minecraftforge.fml.javafmlmod.FMLModContainer$ErroringConsumer.accept(FMLModContainer.java:190) ~[?:32.0]
at net.minecraftforge.fml.ModContainer.transitionState(ModContainer.java:113) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraftforge.fml.ModList.lambda$null$11(ModList.java:135) ~[?:?]
at java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp$OfRef.accept(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachTask.compute(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.concurrent.CountedCompleter.exec(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Attempted to load class net/minecraft/client/world/ClientWorld for invalid dist DEDICATED_SERVER
at net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.RuntimeDistCleaner.processClassWithFlags(RuntimeDistCleaner.java:71) ~[TestServer.jar:32.0]
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchPluginHandler.offerClassNodeToPlugins(LaunchPluginHandler.java:82) ~[modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?]
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.ClassTransformer.transform(ClassTransformer.java:118) ~[modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?]
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader$DelegatedClassLoader.findClass(TransformingClassLoader.java:247) ~[modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?]
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader.loadClass(TransformingClassLoader.java:134) ~[modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?]
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader.loadClass(TransformingClassLoader.java:96) ~[modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?]
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_261]
at appeng.block.AEBaseBlockItemChargeable.(AEBaseBlockItemChargeable.java:49) ~[?:8.0.0-alpha.1]
at appeng.bootstrap.BlockDefinitionBuilder.constructItemFromBlock(BlockDefinitionBuilder.java:203) ~[?:8.0.0-alpha.1]
at appeng.bootstrap.BlockDefinitionBuilder.build(BlockDefinitionBuilder.java:147) ~[?:8.0.0-alpha.1]
at appeng.core.api.definitions.ApiBlocks.(ApiBlocks.java:478) ~[?:8.0.0-alpha.1]
at appeng.core.ApiDefinitions.(ApiDefinitions.java:41) ~[?:8.0.0-alpha.1]
at appeng.core.Api.(Api.java:72) ~[?:8.0.0-alpha.1]
at appeng.core.Api.(Api.java:42) ~[?:8.0.0-alpha.1]
... 20 more
[04Aug2020 11:33:26.851] [modloading-worker-11/ERROR] [net.minecraftforge.fml.javafmlmod.FMLModContainer/LOADING]: An error occurred while dispatching event CONSTRUCT to appliedenergistics2
[04Aug2020 11:33:26.851] [modloading-worker-11/FATAL] [net.minecraftforge.eventbus.EventBus/EVENTBUS]: EventBus 7 shutting down - future events will not be posted.
java.lang.Exception: stacktrace
at net.minecraftforge.eventbus.EventBus.shutdown(EventBus.java:317) ~[eventbus-3.0.3-service.jar:?]
at net.minecraftforge.fml.javafmlmod.FMLModContainer.afterEvent(FMLModContainer.java:123) ~[?:32.0]
at net.minecraftforge.fml.javafmlmod.FMLModContainer$ErroringConsumer.accept(FMLModContainer.java:190) ~[?:32.0]
at net.minecraftforge.fml.ModContainer.transitionState(ModContainer.java:113) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraftforge.fml.ModList.lambda$null$11(ModList.java:135) ~[?:?]
at java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp$OfRef.accept(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachTask.compute(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.concurrent.CountedCompleter.exec(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_261]
[04Aug2020 11:33:26.854] [main/FATAL] [net.minecraftforge.fml.ModLoader/LOADING]: Failed to complete lifecycle event CONSTRUCT, 1 errors found
[04Aug2020 11:33:26.856] [main/FATAL] [net.minecraft.server.Main/]: Failed to start the minecraft server
net.minecraftforge.fml.LoadingFailedException: Loading errors encountered: [
Applied Energistics 2 (appliedenergistics2) has failed to load correctly
§7null
]
at net.minecraftforge.fml.ModLoader.dispatchAndHandleError(ModLoader.java:218) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraftforge.fml.ModLoader.gatherAndInitializeMods(ModLoader.java:200) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraftforge.fml.server.ServerModLoader.load(ServerModLoader.java:49) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.server.Main.main(Main.java:95) ~[?:?]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_261]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_261]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_261]
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_261]
at net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.FMLServerLaunchProvider.lambda$launchService$0(FMLServerLaunchProvider.java:51) ~[TestServer.jar:32.0]
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.launch(LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.java:37) [modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?]
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler.launch(LaunchServiceHandler.java:54) [modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?]
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler.launch(LaunchServiceHandler.java:72) [modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?]
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:81) [modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?]
at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:65) [modlauncher-6.1.1.jar:?]
at net.minecraftforge.server.ServerMain$Runner.runLauncher(ServerMain.java:63) [TestServer.jar:?]
at net.minecraftforge.server.ServerMain$Runner.access$100(ServerMain.java:60) [TestServer.jar:?]
at net.minecraftforge.server.ServerMain.main(ServerMain.java:57) [TestServer.jar:?]

Environment

• Environment:
  I'll just give you specs on my laptop, I assume that's what this is looking for.
  Intel Core i9-9900 @ 3.10GHz
  64GB DDR4 RAM
  NVidia GeForce RTX 2070
  460Gb SSD
  1Tb HHD
  Windows 10 Pro Version 1909
  Java 1.8.0_261

Duplicate of #4531