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cryptomining

Conservative think tank calls local data center ban ‘unconstitutional’ in new civil rights lawsuit

By Pierce Gentry, WUOT

April 13, 2026

Hawkins County, Tennessee is one of the state's largest rural counties, with a population of around 60,000.

The Beacon Center of Tennessee is representing the ExoticRidge Crypto Company in a lawsuit accusing Hawkins County government of violating the cryptocurrency miner’s civil rights by passing a sweeping data center ban.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: 14th Amendment, Beacon Center, cryptomining, data center

In rural Tennessee, crypto miners try to ‘sweet talk’ locals into bitcoin mine development

By Pierce Gentry, WUOT

November 4, 2025

Mike (left) and Cynthia Trentham (right) look out at a fractionation plant operated by the NGL Supply Co., which moved in across the street from their family farm in Bulls Gap, Tenn., last year. They say the flame burns day and night, casting harsh light through their windows as they sleep and disturbing their cattle.

Residents of Bulls Gap are fighting plans for a propane-fueled bitcoin mine after over a year of disruption from a nearby gas flare that shattered the town’s once-peaceful rural life.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Bulls Gap, cryptomining, rural Tennessee

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