Meta AI data center campus, Cheyenne
under construction CampusOperated by Meta
Reported by press coverage: Meta Data Center Linked to Rare Bacterium as Wyoming City Tightens Wastewater Rules - ColombiaOne.com
Measurements on record
No disclosed measurements on record yet.
Permitting path
No approvals on record yet for any of the 12 path steps.
The generic United States sequence: local land-use approval with environmental review where a statute requires it, then utility service, construction permits, and operational air permits. States with an authored profile override this.
| Date | Step | Authority | Instrument | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site control (deed or lease) | not yet requested | |||
| Environmental review applies where a federal action or a state review statute applies |
not yet requested | |||
| Land-use approval | not yet requested | |||
| Rezoning applies where the site's zoning does not already allow the use |
not yet requested | |||
| Natural gas service applies where the facility uses natural gas |
not yet requested | |||
| Utility interconnection | not yet requested | |||
| Wastewater service | not yet requested | |||
| Water service commitment | not yet requested | |||
| Building permit | not yet requested | |||
| Stormwater and grading applies where land disturbance passes permit thresholds |
not yet requested | |||
| Air permit for backup generators | not yet requested | |||
| Public agreements and incentives applies where negotiated with the host jurisdiction |
not yet requested | |||
| Go-live | not yet live |
Steps without a record are shown as not yet requested or not on record: absence of a record here is a records gap, not a finding about the facility. An authority shown for an empty step is the body that would issue it. Some authorities are shown before any record exists, from mapped utility service areas or, for sewer service, from municipal limits; these carry a marker naming the basis.
Site control comes first in every path: a proponent must hold a deed, lease, or purchase option on every parcel of the site before it can apply. Parcel and ownership records have not yet been pulled for this facility.
About this path and the law behind each step: the law on record for this jurisdiction
In the press
- As data centers flood Wyoming, water pollution fouls good faith - Oil City News
- As data centers flood Wyoming, water pollution fouls good faith - Cap City News
- As data centers flood Wyoming, water pollution fouls good faith - WyoFile
- As data centers flood Wyoming, water pollution fouls good faith - News From The States
- It's A Blistering Bacteria Summer. - The Brockovich Report
- On Second Thought, No Press Conference On Cheyenne Meta Data Center Contamination - Cowboy State Daily
- Apple sues OpenAI for stealing trade secrets - Dagens.com
- Wyoming Officials Trace Rare Bacteria Back to Zuckerberg’s $800 Million ‘Project Cosmo’ - AOL.com
- Wyoming officials: Meta's 715,000-square-foot data center responsible for water system contamination - Fortune
- Wyoming Officials Trace Rare Bacteria Back to Zuckerberg’s $800 Million ‘Project Cosmo’ - Yahoo Finance
- Wyoming Officials Trace Rare Bacteria Back to Zuckerberg’s $800 Million ‘Project Cosmo’ - 24/7 Wall St.
- Hageman Demands Answers From Zuckerberg About Cheyenne Data Center Contamination - Cowboy State Daily
- Meta AI Data Center Linked To Rare Bacteria In City’s Water System - Yahoo
- Meta AI Data Center Linked To Rare Bacteria In City’s Water System - Forbes
- Potentially deadly bacterium found at Meta’s AI data center project - Dagens.com
- Rare bacteria in water traced to AI data center construction in Wyoming - Yahoo
- 'I wouldn't want it anywhere': Officials trace rare bacteria back to Meta data center construction - SFGATE
- Wyoming tightens wastewater rules after Meta datacenter contractor flushed contaminated water - The Guardian
- Meta Data Center Linked to Rare Bacterium as Wyoming City Tightens Wastewater Rules - ColombiaOne.com
- Wyoming Water Recycling Finally Safe To Restart After Meta's Data Center Contamination - bgr.com
- Wyoming Water Recycling Finally Safe To Restart After Meta's Data Center Contamination - AOL.com
- A Wyoming city found a rare bacterium in wastewater tied to a Meta data center - AOL.com
- A Wyoming city found a rare bacterium in wastewater tied to a Meta data center - AOL.com
- Cheyenne suspends datacenter wastewater after rare bacterium traced to Meta's AI site - TechSpot
- Meta’s AI Data Center in Cheyenne Isn’t Even Open Yet. It Has Already Triggered a Wastewater Crackdown - inc.com
- A Wyoming city found a rare bacterium in wastewater tied to a Meta data center - Business Insider
- Meta’s Massive Wyoming AI Data Center Contaminates Cheyenne’s Wastewater Treatment System with Rare Bacteria - breitbart.com
- Rare bacterium found contaminating Cheyenne's water reclamation plant linked to Meta's datacenter; City C - The Times of India
- Meta’s AI Data Center Caught Leaking Deadly Bacteria Into Water Town Uses for Irrigation - Futurism
- Meta’s Data Center Water Discharge Was Suspended After Bacteria Contamination - Yahoo
- ‘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 to last months - TechRadar
- Meta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city's reclamation water supply with bacterium — system offline for months for cleaning, closed-loop cooling system purge spread rare metal-resistant bacteria in Cheyenne’s water system - Tom's Hardware
- Cheyenne BOPU names industrial user who contaminated city wastewater system - wyomingnewsnow.tv
- Cheyenne BOPU traces rare bacteria discharge to Meta data center contractor - WyomingNews.com
Location and sources
Cheyenne, Wyoming
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