The City of Alameda has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining site is treated as a data center: classified into a listed industrial use, bound by the Section 4-10.4 noise limits, and powered by the city-owned utility.
Alameda's Municipal Code contains no crypto-mining, bitcoin, or blockchain use category and no energy cap aimed at mining. A building of mining rigs draws power and produces heat and noise like a data center, so it is classified into the nearest listed use - Office, Industrial-Light, Industrial-Heavy, or Utilities-Large - and needs a Conditional Use Permit where that category calls for one. Electricity comes from Alameda Municipal Power, the city-owned utility governed by the Public Utilities Board, which supplies a 100% clean portfolio and sets its own rates. Home mining is ordinary residential use, subject to the same property-line noise limits.
There are no crypto-specific penalties. A mining operation in an unlisted zone or without a required Conditional Use Permit is a zoning violation, and noise above Section 4-10.4 is enforced by the Planning Department.
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