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
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…
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…
Montgomery, AL: Montgomery, Alabama Crypto Mining Business License
Some RestrictionsMontgomery has no crypto-mining moratorium or dedicated facility ordinance. City Code § 16-105 folds cryptocurrency mining into NAICS code 518210 alongside cloud storage and web…
Chandler, AZ: Chandler Crypto Mining Treated as Data Center
Some RestrictionsChandler has no cryptocurrency-mining-specific ordinance. A commercial crypto-mining facility housing networked computer systems fits the city's data center definition, so it is…
Maricopa County, AZ: Crypto Mining Data Centers in Maricopa County
Some RestrictionsCryptocurrency mining rigs and server farms fall under Maricopa County's 'Data Center' zoning definition, restricting them to industrial-zoned parcels in unincorporated county land…
Cities & Counties with Crypto Mining Rules Rules
22 locations
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North Carolina
South Carolina
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…