Alabama town left powerless against massive new Bitcoin mining data center after developer finds loophole in state…
- Morgan County's 12-month moratorium has no enforcement power thanks to Dillon’s Rule limiting its ability to act against a proposed 50 MW Bitcoin mine by VoltCore
- The town of Somerville never adopted zoning, and the site sits outside the town limits, leaving its 18-month moratorium equally unenforceable
- The developer trades under three different corporate identities, was refused easements by all four affected landowners, and is routing utilities through the county right-of-way instead
Somerville, Alabama, a town with fewer than 800 residents and the state's oldest surviving courthouse, had no reason to think about land use law until this summer.
However, a 50 Megawatt data center designed to mine cryptocurrencies spanning 15 acres could now disrupt life in an otherwise idyllic town.
This is despite there being two different moratoriums in place, one from Morgan County and another from Somerville's town council, to prevent its construction, moves that lack legal teeth...
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