A rare bacteria was found in a Wyoming City's water supply and traced to wastewater coming from an under-construction Meta AI data center.

Meta has been named as the source of contamination for a rare metal and drug resistant bacterium that shut down two water reclamation plants.

Officials in Cheyenne, Wyoming, say a nearby Meta data center campus is responsible for contaminating part of its water recycling irrigation system.

Officials are sounding the alarm over a Meta data center under construction in Wyoming after a local public utilities agency reported that it traced a rare bacteria in its water treatment facility back to the site.

With public anger at AI data centers boiling over, all it takes is one bad neighbor to get every data center in town locked out. 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.

Meta’s Cheyenne AI data center project was linked to the presence of rare bacteria in reclaimed irrigation water, adding scrutiny to local data center wastewater rules.