Cheyenne Officials Revoke Data Center Wastewater Permits After Meta AI Facility Linked to Water Contamination
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Joe Wilkins
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Local officials in Cheyenne, Wyoming are revoking waste-dumping privileges for all data center campuses connected to municipal water services after Meta's AI data center was linked to discharging wastewater contaminated with a deadly pathogen. The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities has enacted a sweeping ban on "fill-and-flush discharge" — the process data centers use to cool their systems — following concerns that Meta's facility introduced dangerous bacteria into the town's water supply. The incident highlights growing public anger over AI data centers' environmental impact and resource consumption.
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· 3 pulledWith public anger at AI data centers boiling over, all it takes is one bad neighbor to get every data center in town locked out.
The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities has rolled out a sweeping ban on fill-and-flush discharge, the process in which data centers use water for cooling and then discharge it into municipal systems.
That's the story unfolding in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where local officials are revoking waste-dumping privileges for every data center campus connected to municipal water services.
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