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US datacenters face further backlash over wastewater pollution

From rare bacteria to ‘forever chemicals’, a series of cases of violations or alleged pollution has prompted alarm When officials in Wyoming conducted a routine test on the water that was being discharged from a massive under-construction Meta datacenter, it was a shock to find it contained a rare and potentially hazardous bacterium. While the wastewater flushed into sewers in Cheyenne, Wyoming,…

US datacenters face further backlash over wastewater pollution

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