Cupertino has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining operation is handled like any server facility: classified into an ML light industrial use under Table 19.64.020 and held to the Section 19.72.050 and Chapter 10.48 noise limits.
No chapter of the Cupertino Municipal Code names cryptocurrency, mining, or blockchain, and the City sets no energy cap for such uses. A room of mining rigs draws power and rejects heat like a data center, so the Director of Community Development classifies it into the closest ML district use in Table 19.64.020, or the Planning Commission grants a conditional use permit with CEQA review. Fan and chiller noise must stay within Section 19.72.050 - 65 dB day and 55 dB night at the property line - and within the Chapter 10.48 caps of 60 dBA day and 50 dBA night at a home. Mining at home is residential use bound by those same limits.
No crypto-specific penalty exists. A commercial mining site outside a district that permits it, or exceeding the Chapter 10.48 noise caps, is a municipal code violation handled by Code Enforcement.
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