BOPU: Cheyenne wastewater system polluter was a data center; city temporarily pausing data center discharges
Cheyenne's Board of Public Utilities traced a contamination of the city's wastewater reuse system with the bacterium Cupriavidus gilardii to Goat Systems, a company building an 800,000-square-foot data centre campus reported to be Meta's, and permanently revoked its discharge privileges. The reuse system's start for the year was delayed while the bacteria were flushed out; the city paused discharges from data centres. Meta has appealed the violation notice.
- Language it was published in
- en
- Date it happened
- 2026-06-01
- Organisation involved
- Goat Systems (Meta data centre contractor)
- Product, system or model
- Cheyenne data centre campus
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