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Documented items by state.Select a state, or use the state menu. Shading shows documented items, not harm. Missing items do not establish that no concern exists.Alabama: 2 documented itemsAlaska: 2 documented itemsArizona: 1 documented itemsArkansas: 1 documented itemsCalifornia: 8 documented itemsColorado: 1 documented itemsConnecticut: 1 documented itemsDelaware: 1 documented itemsDistrict of Columbia: 0 documented itemsFlorida: 1 documented itemsGeorgia: 4 documented itemsHawaii: 1 documented itemsIdaho: 1 documented itemsIllinois: 7 documented itemsIndiana: 5 documented itemsIowa: 3 documented itemsKansas: 2 documented itemsKentucky: 3 documented itemsLouisiana: 3 documented itemsMaine: 1 documented itemsMaryland: 3 documented itemsMassachusetts: 1 documented itemsMichigan: 3 documented itemsMinnesota: 3 documented itemsMississippi: 1 documented itemsMissouri: 5 documented itemsMontana: 1 documented itemsNebraska: 2 documented itemsNevada: 3 documented itemsNew Hampshire: 1 documented itemsNew Jersey: 1 documented itemsNew Mexico: 3 documented itemsNew York: 1 documented itemsNorth Carolina: 2 documented itemsNorth Dakota: 1 documented itemsOhio: 2 documented itemsOklahoma: 2 documented itemsOregon: 2 documented itemsPennsylvania: 1 documented itemsRhode Island: 1 documented itemsSouth Carolina: 3 documented itemsSouth Dakota: 1 documented itemsTennessee: 2 documented itemsTexas: 3 documented itemsUtah: 1 documented itemsVermont: 0 documented itemsVirginia: 2 documented itemsWashington: 1 documented itemsWest Virginia: 5 documented itemsWisconsin: 2 documented itemsWyoming: 1 documented items
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The 10 most recent documented items.

  1. MCNI Concord Township Data Center (rezoning denied)Iowa · News report ·
  2. NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing CenterSouth Carolina · Legal action ·
  3. Project Spring (Sand Springs)Oklahoma · News report ·
  4. Goodman Energy Park Data CenterCalifornia · Public concern on the record ·
  5. Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe)Ohio · News report ·
  6. CyrusOne CHI1-CHI3 (Aurora)Illinois · Public concern on the record ·
  7. Crusoe Warrenton CampusMissouri · Permit and comment ·
  8. Cook Inlet Subsea-Compute & Infrastructure HubAlaska · News report ·
  9. Project CannoliMichigan · Public concern on the record ·
  10. Project Tango AI Data Center CampusFlorida · News report ·

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108 documented items in this collection.

Public concern on the record

Silver Bow County

Montana · Latest recorded activity:

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Water use · Power and electric rates · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater · Other

Montana Environmental Information Center reported Butte community questions about data-center water demand, drought, wildlife, electricity costs and access to project information. Its account discusses existing and proposed facilities without a verified assignment of each question to a particular campus. This is an area-level public-group record, not measured harm, an agency violation or an allegation assigned to every Silver Bow County site.

Record status: Unknown. The present disposition of these area-level resource and transparency concerns is unknown in this bounded group-source review. Submitted questions, forecast demand and general regulatory proposals do not establish actual water or electricity effects, an agency finding or resolution of every concern.

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Concern sources checked

The group report refers to an October16 community event without an independently verified explicit event year. The exact event date remains unknown, rather than inferred from publication. The original group article is dated December 15, 2025 and identifies its December2025 issue. January16,2026 is modification, not a new event. The evolving resource page first-publication day is unknown.

Raised or recorded by Montana Environmental Information Center.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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News report

QTS Bessemer (Project Marvel)

Alabama · Latest recorded activity:

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Noise · Water use · Water quality and discharge · Air and generators · Power and electric rates · Land use and zoning

Alabama Reflector reported residents' and environmental groups' water, air, noise and electric-rate concerns at a November 18, 2025 Bessemer meeting about Project Marvel. Later reporting described continuing transparency and resource questions. The outlet-reported rezoning is not measured environmental performance or resolution of every concern.

Record status: Unknown. The present outcome of these documented concerns is unknown in this bounded review. Reported rezoning and developer study claims do not establish measured impacts, current compliance, final environmental permits or resolution of every concern.

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Concern sources checked

The original meeting photo caption explicitly identifies November 18, 2025. That hearing is separate from an original signed rezoning instrument, later public-records dispute or current permit outcome. The original meeting report was published November 19, 2025. The later resource/transparency article was published August 3, 2026; its relative month wording is not used to invent a separate event day.

Raised or recorded by Alabama Reflector.

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Permit and comment

Greenidge Generation

New York · Latest recorded activity:

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Air and generators

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued a Title V renewal denial for Greenidge Station, citing greenhouse-gas limits under state climate law. The later November 2025 disposition describes withdrawal of that denial under a signed settlement and remands the application for final processing. This historical permitting record does not establish a current violation, closure or a subsequently issued final permit.

Record status: Withdrawn. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recorded withdrawal of the historical denial and administrative hearing request in the November 18, 2025 disposition, confirmed November 19. It does not establish completion of later public/EPA review, actual final permit issuance, achieved emissions reductions, all-party agreement or present compliance. The order records that the public-group petitioners did not concur.

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Concern sources checked

June 30, 2022 is the original denial letter date. The separate November 18, 2025 ALJ disposition is the date used for withdrawal, confirmed by the regional decision dated November 19. The source documents have dated actions and signatures, but exact first public posting days are not established. They stay separate from this source check date.

Raised or recorded by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

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News report

Project Cumulus (St. Charles)

Missouri · Latest recorded activity:

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Water quality and discharge · Power and electric rates · Land use and zoning

St. Louis Public Radio reported residents' water-quality and energy concerns about Project Cumulus and CRG's withdrawal of its permit application. Later reporting described a temporary application moratorium. These accounts do not establish measured impacts, permanent cancellation or the outcome of every concern.

Record status: Withdrawn. St. Louis Public Radio reported withdrawal of the 2025 permit application. Withdrawn applies only to that application. It does not establish permanent cancellation, a current ban, later replacement status or resolution of every concern.

Exact filing date is not established for the withdrawal. August 18 is the report publication date and is not substituted for a separate original filing date.

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No independently inspected original filing or exact withdrawal day was established in this bounded review. The outlet announcement day is not substituted for a filing date. St. Louis Public Radio published its withdrawal report August 18, 2025 and updated it that day. The related moratorium report, distributed by KCUR, was published August 23.

Raised or recorded by St. Louis Public Radio.

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Permit and comment

Prime ORD Chicago Campus

Illinois · Latest recorded activity:

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Air and generators

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued construction permit 24090003 for generator equipment at 1600 East Higgins Road. It is associated here with the existing Prime ORD campus research record through its retained address context. The exact individual building or phase and present operating status are not established by this binding.

Record status: Resolved. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued this specific construction permit. Resolved describes that dated permit action only; current compliance, subsequent amendments, other permits and physical operating status remain outside this record.

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The original permit cover gives July 15, 2025 as its issue date. This is the permit action date, not a verified startup day. The official agency index gives July 15, 2025 as the posting date. The separately recorded issue date and the source-check date retain their own meanings.

Raised or recorded by Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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News report

Oldham County

Kentucky · Latest recorded activity:

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Land use and zoning

Louisville Public Media reported residents' opposition to Western Hospitality Partners' Oldham County proposals and a temporary county moratorium covering data-center applications. The report distinguishes an original farmland proposal from a smaller replacement proposal. This is county-level reporting, not an independently inspected ordinance, current ban, final court outcome or an allegation assigned to every county facility.

Record status: Unknown. The current legal duration of the reported moratorium and later disposition of all land-use objections are unknown in this bounded review. A reported temporary pause or replacement proposal is not a verified permanent ban, final project withdrawal or court merits decision.

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Concern sources checked

The original article describes a Tuesday vote but an exact independently verified vote/filing date was not established in this bounded review. Event date stays unknown; publication is not substituted. The original county report displays July 2, 2025 publication. Separate August 17, 2026 reporting recalls Oldham context while focusing on other Kentucky proposals; that is not a new original ordinance publication.

Raised or recorded by Louisville Public Media.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Legal action

Colossus

Tennessee · Latest recorded activity:

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Air and generators

Southern Environmental Law Center reported sending a notice of intent to sue on behalf of the NAACP over alleged unpermitted gas-turbine operation at the initial South Memphis Colossus site. A notice of intent is a preliminary legal notice, not a filed lawsuit or an agency violation finding.

Record status: Unknown. The eventual disposition of this initial-site notice has not been established by this bounded review. It is separate from the later administrative appeal and the Southaven power-plant case.

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The original release reports sending the notice on June 17, 2025. The original SELC release is dated June 17, 2025.

Raised or recorded by Southern Environmental Law Center.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Public concern on the record

Applied Digital Deuel County AI Campus

South Dakota · Latest recorded activity:

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Water use · Air and generators · Power and electric rates · Traffic and construction · Land use and zoning · Other

Residents raised water, backup-generation, power-cost, road, land-use and emergency-response questions during Deuel County's June 17, 2025 Applied Digital discussion. The minutes record company replies about cooling, road work and cost allocation. Those replies describe plans and positions, not independently verified performance, rate protection or completed mitigation.

Record status: Unknown. The current disposition of the documented concerns is unknown in this bounded review. Reported progress, future commitments, permit notices or historical project statements do not establish actual impacts, current compliance or resolution of all concerns.

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Concern sources checked

The event is the exact dated original public record. The original record supplies a document or meeting date, but its first public posting date is unknown.

Raised or recorded by Residents.

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Permit and comment

Iron Mountain CHI-1

Illinois · Latest recorded activity:

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Air and generators

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued construction permit 23050030 for emergency-generator equipment at 1680 East Touhy Avenue, associated with Iron Mountain CHI1 in Des Plaines. This is a dated air-permitting action subject to conditions, not verification of first operation, present compliance or every local approval.

Record status: Resolved. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued this specific construction permit. Resolved describes that dated permit action only; current compliance, subsequent amendments, other permits and physical operating status remain outside this record.

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The original permit cover gives June 5, 2025 as its issue date. This is the permit action date, not a verified startup day. The official agency index gives June 6, 2025 as the posting date. The separately recorded issue date and the source-check date retain their own meanings.

Raised or recorded by Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Permit and comment

CyrusOne Wood Dale Campus

Illinois · Latest recorded activity:

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Air and generators

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued construction permit 24060010 for emergency-generator equipment at 460 and 480 Bryn Mawr Avenue, associated with CyrusOne CHI6 in Wood Dale. This is a dated air-permitting action subject to conditions, not verification of first operation, present compliance or every local approval.

Record status: Resolved. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued this specific construction permit. Resolved describes that dated permit action only; current compliance, subsequent amendments, other permits and physical operating status remain outside this record.

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The original permit cover gives May 16, 2025 as its issue date. This is the permit action date, not a verified startup day. The official agency index gives May 19, 2025 as the posting date. The separately recorded issue date and the source-check date retain their own meanings.

Raised or recorded by Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Regulator record

Quantum Frederick

Maryland · Latest recorded activity:

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Air and generators · Traffic and construction

Maryland Department of the Environment recorded an inspection finding that required dust controls were not being implemented at Quantum Maryland and requested supporting compliance information. The company's consultant later described its controls and proposed further measures. This is an agency inspection record and a separate company response, not measured public exposure or a verified later closure.

Record status: Unknown. The later agency compliance determination and present outcome are unknown in this bounded review. An information request, company description of controls and future monitoring commitments do not establish agency closure, measured exposure or current compliance.

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Concern sources checked

March 28, 2025 is the inspection date explicitly recorded in the agency letter. April 7 is the information-request letter date; the later reply is dated April 29. First public posting of the agency letter and response is unknown. Their document dates are not substituted as publication days.

Raised or recorded by Maryland Department of the Environment.

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Permit and comment

T5 @ Chicago III (Northlake)

Illinois · Latest recorded activity:

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Air and generators

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued construction permit 24020017 for emergency-generator equipment at 11650 West Grand Avenue, associated with T5 at Chicago III. This is a dated air-permitting action subject to conditions, not verification of first operation, present compliance or every local approval.

Record status: Resolved. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued this specific construction permit. Resolved describes that dated permit action only; current compliance, subsequent amendments, other permits and physical operating status remain outside this record.

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The original permit cover gives February 11, 2025 as its issue date. This is the permit action date, not a verified startup day. The official agency index gives February 26, 2025 as the posting date. The separately recorded issue date and the source-check date retain their own meanings.

Raised or recorded by Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Permit and comment

Equinix CH5 (Elk Grove Village)

Illinois · Latest recorded activity:

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Air and generators

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued construction permit 23080013 for emergency-generator equipment at 2001 Lunt Avenue, associated with Equinix CH5. This is a dated air-permitting action subject to conditions, not verification of first operation, present compliance or every local approval. The cover also describes a shared air-permitting source with CH3; the Atlas keeps its two existing research records separate.

Record status: Resolved. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued this specific construction permit. Resolved describes that dated permit action only; current compliance, subsequent amendments, other permits and physical operating status remain outside this record.

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The original permit cover gives January 15, 2025 as its issue date. This is the permit action date, not a verified startup day. The official agency index gives January 29, 2025 as the posting date. The separately recorded issue date and the source-check date retain their own meanings.

Raised or recorded by Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Permit and comment

Microsoft Hoffman Estates Data Center

Illinois · Latest recorded activity:

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Air and generators

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued construction permit 23110003 for emergency-generator equipment at 2045 Lakewood Boulevard, associated with Microsoft Hoffman Estates. This is a dated air-permitting action subject to conditions, not verification of first operation, present compliance or every local approval.

Record status: Resolved. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued this specific construction permit. Resolved describes that dated permit action only; current compliance, subsequent amendments, other permits and physical operating status remain outside this record.

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The original permit cover gives December 19, 2024 as its issue date. This is the permit action date, not a verified startup day. The official agency index gives December 20, 2024 as the posting date. The separately recorded issue date and the source-check date retain their own meanings.

Raised or recorded by Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Legal action

MARA Granbury Facility

Texas · Latest recorded activity:

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Noise

Citizens Concerned About Wolf Hollow filed a petition alleging that noise and vibrations from the Granbury bitcoin mine created a private nuisance and requesting a permanent injunction. The petition is an allegation, not a merits decision. The separately recorded denial of a later mandamus petition does not decide those nuisance claims.

Record status: Unknown. The current merits disposition of the nuisance claims is not established by this bounded review. A procedural mandamus denial does not resolve those claims.

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The original court-filed stamp is October 4, 2024. It is distinct from the October 7 press release. Earthjustice published its release on October 7, 2024. First posting date of the retained petition copy is unknown.

Raised or recorded by Citizens Concerned About Wolf Hollow.

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Permit and comment

St. Joseph County

Indiana · Latest recorded activity:

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Air and generators · Health · Water use · Water quality and discharge · Power and electric rates · Traffic and construction

Indiana Department of Environmental Management recorded public questions about generator air, health, water, electricity and traffic in its New Carlisle air-permit review for Amazon at 55001 Larrison Boulevard. The agency documented two meetings and its responses. This is a permit/comment record; the reviewed cover has no completed issue date and does not verify a final present-day outcome.

Record status: Unknown. The present formal permit disposition and outcome of the documented concerns are unknown in this bounded review. The packet records completed meetings and agency responses, but its blank issue-date cells and statement that a permit will issue do not establish a signed final issuance, current compliance or resolution of every concern.

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Concern sources checked

The agency addendum expressly confirms October 1, 2024 as the initial notice posting and records meetings held December 5, 2024 and January 9, 2025. It does not establish one exact filing day for every public comment. The original initial notice was posted October 1, 2024, as confirmed in the later agency addendum. The current addendum packet has no independently established first posting day, and a blank cover issue-date cell is not a publication or final decision date.

Raised or recorded by Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Public concern on the record

MARA Granbury Facility

Texas · Latest recorded activity:

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Power and electric rates

Public Citizen filed comments on the separate Wolf Hollow power-plant expansion expressing concern that additional electricity could support the neighboring Marathon Digital mine. Its letter speculates about possible mine expansion; it does not establish that an expansion occurred. These are group comments in a public permit packet, not a mine air permit or an agency finding.

Record status: Unknown. No disposition of this specific group concern about possible electricity supply to the mine is established by this bounded letter review.

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The letter and agency received stamp both show September 9, 2024; actual pages 92 and 94 were visually verified. The letter is dated September 9, 2024, but first public publication date of the aggregate packet is not established.

Raised or recorded by Public Citizen.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Permit and comment

Martin Data Center

California · Latest recorded activity:

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Air and generators

California Energy Commission adopted Order 24-0612-03h certifying the final environmental impact report, adopting mitigation monitoring and granting a Small Power Plant Exemption for the Martin backup generating facility. The order describes the exemption and mitigation procedure; it does not establish facility operation, all local permits or present compliance.

Record status: Resolved. California Energy Commission issued the order granting this specific Small Power Plant Exemption. Resolved applies only to that exemption proceeding, not every local approval, present compliance, individual comment outcome or physical facility stage.

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The retained original filing or effective order provides this exact event date. The retained original CEC docket wrapper gives the publication date, distinct from the source-check date.

Raised or recorded by California Energy Commission.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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News report

Jigowatt Stanton Bitcoin Mine

Nebraska · Latest recorded activity:

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Noise

KETV reported residents' concerns about fan noise from Jigowatt's Stanton mining site and requests for noise mitigation. The outlet also reported the company's differing perspective. This is a news account, not an independently inspected agency complaint, measured noise result or present compliance finding.

Record status: Unknown. The later outcome of the reported noise concerns is unknown in this bounded original-report review. No current complaint disposition, independently checked mitigation, measured noise or present compliance determination was established.

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Concern sources checked

The report does not establish an exact interview day or complaint filing date. Event date remains unknown; the outlet publication day is not substituted. The visible publication day is June 11, 2024 in CDT; the original datePublished timestamp is June 12 at 03:28 UTC, the same instant. Later metadata modification is not a newly verified concern or outcome.

Raised or recorded by KETV.

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News report

NewRays One Bitcoin Mine

Arkansas · Latest recorded activity:

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Noise

Little Rock Public Radio (KUAR) reported residents' allegations of persistent noise from NewRays One's Bono mining site and their lawsuit seeking relief. The report also described the company's procedural arguments. This is an outlet account, not an independently inspected current court record, measured noise or compliance finding.

Record status: Unknown. The present case disposition and outcome of the reported noise concerns are unknown in this bounded original-report review. A company procedural argument and a scheduled hearing do not establish dismissal, measured noise, completed mitigation or current compliance.

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Concern sources checked

The report does not independently establish the original complaint filing day. Its scheduled January 5 court date is not treated as a completed hearing or outcome; event date remains unknown. The original KUAR article was published January 3, 2024. A later source check does not make that reporting a current court disposition.

Raised or recorded by Little Rock Public Radio (KUAR).

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What public sources record about data center concerns, with the original attribution, dates and limits.

Counts describe documentation, not harm or severity. Coverage is incomplete. A missing item does not establish that no concern was raised. A resolved procedural petition does not resolve the underlying allegations.

Newest recorded activity first, using the latest known event, disposition, item-source publication or verified company-response publication date. A source-check date never moves an item up the list. Unknown activity dates are excluded when a date range is selected.

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Each item is individually checked against its public source and an existing Atlas site, campus, project or exact county ID. Event, source publication, disposition and source-check dates stay separate. Unknown dates and outcomes stay unknown. Private residents speaking publicly are labeled Residents; private residents' names are not printed.

Regulator record
An agency-published inspection finding, notice, order or penalty.
Permit and comment
A permit record, public comment period or hearing notice. A notice does not establish approval.
Formal complaint
An agency-published complaint record or count, distinct from a violation finding.
Legal action
A filed action, appeal or notice of intent. Allegations and procedural rulings retain their own scope.
Public concern on the record
Public testimony, a group statement, petition, resolution or recorded letter.
News report
A reported concern attributed to the named outlet, distinct from an agency finding.

The Atlas attributes statements and does not decide who is right. Verified published company responses appear beside the item they address, with their publication basis and relationship to the record. No verified response does not establish refusal. Category counts can overlap and are never a severity ranking.

Open, pending and unknown items require a source recheck within 120 days. The due date does not advance because the website is rebuilt. County-wide items do not create site findings or map pins. The optional neutral Concerns map layer is off by default.

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