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
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Fill-and-flush is a commissioning step whereby crews fill a cooling loop's piping with water and flush it to clear debris before the system is run.
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🚨 INSIGHT: AI data centers may use far more water than tech giants report, depending on how data centers are powered.
— Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) July 3, 2026
Only Meta reports both direct and indirect water use, while Microsoft, Google and Amazon mainly disclose data center water use, says WSJ. pic.twitter.com/8xNYeaargY
I'm in the camp that Big 3 memory makers gross margins can drop from the 85% - 92% to a sustainable 55% - 65% as more supply comes online, and they can still generate similar profits in the long-run as the memory demand for all AI applications, including Data Center & Physical… https://t.co/CNh21vfEvB
— 9 Ventures (@ThematicTrader) July 3, 2026