A contractor building Meta's AI data centre in Cheyenne discharged construction water carrying a rare, multidrug-resistant bacterium into the city's sewers, forcing officials to shut down a public irrigation system as a precaution.
The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities has identified Goat Systems LLC, a contractor on Meta's in-progress campus, as the source of Cupriavidus gilardii found in the municipal wastewater system.
