A rare bacterium in Cheyenne's water halted Meta's data-center discharges (tomshardware.com)
A rare metal-resistant bacterium, Cupriavidus gilardii, turned up in Cheyenne's reclaimed water. The city traced it to Goat Systems LLC, the contractor building Meta's data-center campus, and suspended the plant's fill-and-flush and closed-loop discharges.
Officials say it isn't a drinking-water emergency. A former microbiologist in the thread calls the find routine; others map how even 'closed-loop' cooling still breeds bacteria that force these purges.
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