Project Cosmo Data Center Contamination Incident
Sector: Waste Processing and Treatment • Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States
Source: KKAM
Meta's Project Cosmo is a large $800 million data center campus in south Cheyenne's High Plains Business Park. A contractor for Meta introduced a rare bacterium, Cupriavidus gilardii, into the municipal sewage infrastructure, contaminating the city's water reclamation facilities and irrigation systems. This led to an indefinite suspension of industrial wastewater acceptance from data centers by th
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Waste Processing and Treatment, Government, Data Center, Manufacturing (Industrial), Water Supply and Storage
- Location
- Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- KKAM
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Original status | contamination incident and enforcement action |
Taiyo status | Prospective |
Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | Meta's Project Cosmo is a large $800 million data center campus in south Cheyenne's High Plains Business Park. A contractor for Meta introduced a rare bacterium, Cupriavidus gilardii, into the municipal sewage infrastructure, contaminating the city's water reclamation facilities and irrigation systems. This led to an indefinite suspension of industrial wastewater acceptance from data centers by the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities and a cleanup effort spanning several months. |
Original sector | Data Center |
Budget |
Location
Country | United States of America (USA) |
State | Wyoming |
City | Cheyenne |
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Source | KKAM |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Waste Processing and Treatment, Government, Data Center, Manufacturing (Industrial), Water Supply and Storage |
Article published date | 2026-07-12 |
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