Wyoming tightens wastewater rules after Meta datacenter contractor flushed contaminated water
Officials in Wyoming said a contractor for Mark Zuckerberg’s tech company, Meta, flushed bacteria-contaminated water into public sewers during construction of a controversial new AI datacenter. The incident prompted water authorities in Cheyenne to implement strict safety regulations on how wastewater from such projects is disposed of, according to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, which first reported the incident. Meta has ordered its general contractor, Fortis, to cooperate with the Cheyenne board of public utilitie…
A contractor building Meta's AI datacenter in Cheyenne discharged water contaminated with Cupriavidus gilardii into public sewers, leading the city to revoke discharge permission and ban closed-loop datacenter wastewater discharges.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-07-08
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-0333, v1: “Wyoming tightens wastewater rules after Meta datacenter contractor flushed contaminated water.” Truvace, 2026-07-20. /record/TRV-2026-0333 (accessed at citation time). sha256 b336c3311d3870db…
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