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Meta AI data centre leaked deadly bacteria into city’s wastewater (mobilesyrup.com)
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Essentially, a Meta-affiliated data centre company, Goat Systems LLC, flooded local wastewater pipes in Wyoming with fill-and-flush waste (a process in which data centres flood their cooling systems before powering up for the first time) containing a rare (and deadly) bacterium, Cupriavidus gilardii.

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