Meta contractor's data center cooling discharge contaminates Cheyenne water supply with rare bacterium, system taken offline
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Luke James
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Meta's contractor Goat Systems LLC contaminated Cheyenne, Wyoming's reclaimed water supply with Cupriavidus gilardii, a rare metal-resistant bacterium, during data center cooling system operations. The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities suspended discharge privileges after finding significant noncompliance, and the water reuse system was taken offline for cleaning. The bacterium interfered with two water reclamation plants, highlighting environmental risks from data center infrastructure operations.
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· 3 pulledThe Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities has stopped accepting industrial wastewater from data center fill-and-flush and closed-loop cooling operations after tracing a rare bacterium in the city's reclaimed water to Goat Systems LLC
Goat Systems was in significant noncompliance for discharging water carrying Cupriavidus gilardii, a metal-resistant bacterium that interfered with two water reclamation plants and pushed the reuse system offline
The city has revoked the Meta contractor's discharge privileges
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