July 2026

‘A very, very unpleasant surprise’: Meta forced to halt data center water discharges after polluting city’s water reclamation system with resistant bacterium — shutdown and cleaning of two water reclamation plants expected to last months

Meta was the source of bacterium contamination that shut down Cheyenne water reclamation plants The water was used to fill-and-flush closed loop cooling systems at a Meta data center The city of Cheyenne has indefinitely suspended the treatment of reclaimed

‘A very, very unpleasant surprise’: Meta forced to halt data center water discharges after polluting city’s water reclamation system with resistant bacterium — shutdown and cleaning of two water reclamation plants expected to last months Read More »

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