{"slug": "meta-ai-data-center-linked-to-rare-bacteria-in-citys-water-system", "title": "Meta AI Data Center Linked To Rare Bacteria In City’s Water System", "summary": "A rare bacteria was discovered in a Wyoming city's water supply, traced to wastewater from an under-construction Meta AI data center, raising public health concerns.", "body_md": "# Meta AI Data Center Linked To Rare Bacteria In City’s Water System\n\nBy Victoria Forster, ContributorSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)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.\n\nA rare bacteria was found in a Wyoming City's water supply and traced to wastewater coming from an under-construction Meta AI data center.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-ai-data-center-linked-to-rare-bacteria-in-citys-water-system", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/meta-ai-data-center-linked-to-rare-bacteria-in-citys-water-s-y7fo", "published_at": "2026-07-09 20:45:10+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-09 22:17:51.702702+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Meta"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-ai-data-center-linked-to-rare-bacteria-in-citys-water-system", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-ai-data-center-linked-to-rare-bacteria-in-citys-water-system.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-ai-data-center-linked-to-rare-bacteria-in-citys-water-system.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-ai-data-center-linked-to-rare-bacteria-in-citys-water-system.jsonld"}}