{"id":23850,"date":"2026-07-08T14:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/wyoming-tightens-wastewater-rules-after-meta-datacenter-contractor-flushed-contaminated-water\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:37:23","slug":"wyoming-tightens-wastewater-rules-after-meta-datacenter-contractor-flushed-contaminated-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/wyoming-tightens-wastewater-rules-after-meta-datacenter-contractor-flushed-contaminated-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyoming tightens wastewater rules after Meta datacenter contractor flushed contaminated water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta said it was working with officials to be a \u2018good neighbor\u2019 and drinking water supplies were not affected<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Wyoming said a contractor for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/mark-zuckerberg\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a>\u2019s tech company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/meta\">Meta<\/a>, flushed bacteria-contaminated water into public sewers during construction of a controversial new AI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/datacenters--us-\">datacenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyomingnews.com\/news\/local_news\/cheyenne-bopu-traces-rare-bacteria-discharge-to-meta-data-center-contractor\/article_1c538467-06ec-427d-9a6f-33797cd3c6ce.html\">first reported<\/a> the incident.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jul\/08\/meta-datacenter-ai-wyoming-water\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e3b93d6666c7c862fed2b4ed8e9618f0ba1ce629\/0_0_1555_1244\/master\/1555.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=dc5af6f50492d4277ae4fadb81ae13bf\" title=\"Wyoming tightens wastewater rules after Meta datacenter contractor flushed contaminated water\" \/>Meta said it was working with officials to be a \u2018good neighbor\u2019 and drinking water supplies were not affected<br \/>\nOfficials in Wyoming said a contractor for Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s tech company, Meta, flushed bacteria-contaminated water into public sewers during construction of a controversial new AI datacenter.<br \/>\nThe 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. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta said it was working with officials to be a \u2018good neighbor\u2019 and drinking water supplies were not affected Officials in Wyoming said a contractor for Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s 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 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/wyoming-tightens-wastewater-rules-after-meta-datacenter-contractor-flushed-contaminated-water\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wyoming tightens wastewater rules after Meta datacenter contractor flushed contaminated water<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23850"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}