BREAKING: Deadly bacteria found in major US city's water system traced to Mark Zuckerberg's $800 million, $META, data center, per TechRadar
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It was found in the water system, but not in the drinking water supply. Meta was flushing their water into a sewer system, and then it was being used by the city’s reclaimed water plant for e.g. watering parks, not for drinking water.
‘A very, very unpleasant surprise’: Meta forced to halt data center water discharges after polluting city’s water reclamation system with resistant bacterium — shutdown and cleaning of two water reclamation plants expected lasted months | TechRadar
h/t FruitOfTheVineFruit