Crypto Mining Rules
Data Centers & Crypto Mining
Local ordinances aimed at cryptocurrency-mining operations, focused on noise nuisance, setbacks, and permitting, a fast-growing fight in rural counties near cheap power.
How Crypto Mining Rules Rules Differ by Place
Spalding County, GA: Spalding County Bars Bitcoin Mining in C-1C
Heavy RestrictionsSpalding County's zoning ordinance defines 'Bitcoin mining' as cryptocurrency mining and its facilities, then carves that use out of the special-exception allowance for data centers in…
Troup County, GA: Troup County Home Crypto Mining Ban
Heavy RestrictionsUnincorporated Troup County bans cryptocurrency and data-mining operations as a home occupation outright. UDO Sec. 7.3(6.1-1)(k)(v) lists crypto currency/data mining operations…
Buncombe County, NC: Crypto Mining Banned Countywide in Buncombe County
Heavy RestrictionsBuncombe County's zoning ordinance flatly bans crypto-currency mining operations anywhere in the county. Sec. 78-581 defines the use and states outright that it isn't permitted, and…
Colusa County, CA: Colusa County Has No Crypto Mining Ordinance
Few RestrictionsColusa County has no ordinance specific to cryptocurrency or blockchain mining. A commercial mining operation is treated as a data center or industrial use, permitted by right in the…
San Antonio, TX: San Antonio Has No Local Crypto-Mining Rule; State Law Governs
Few RestrictionsSan Antonio has no ordinance targeting cryptocurrency mining. Facilities are allowed by right in nonresidential zoning like any data-processing use. The only mandatory rule is Texas's…
Provo, UT: Provo Data Center Overlay Excludes Crypto Mining
Few RestrictionsProvo's Data Center Overlay Zone chapter defines cryptocurrency mining and blockchain validation facilities right out of its own 'data center' definition, so miners aren't bound by the…
Cities & Counties with Crypto Mining Rules Rules
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Other Data Centers & Crypto Mining Topics
Data Center Zoning & Siting
Where data centers may be built, including the zoning districts that allow them, conditional-use-permit requirements, residential setback and buffer distances, and lot-size or acreage…
Data Center Noise Limits
Decibel caps on data-center cooling and backup-generator noise at the property line, how and when noise is measured, tighter nighttime limits, and how communities enforce them against…
Data Center Moratoriums
Temporary pauses or outright bans on new data-center development while a locality studies impacts, including moratorium length, what triggers one, and which projects are grandfathered…