US EditionA bitcoin mine in Texas is "killing us slowly," local residents say
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The massive new Bitcoin mine is part of a plan to fill in Texas’s energy infrastructure—but it comes at the cost of locals’ health.
A bitcoin mine in Texas is "killing us slowly," local residents say
“I would like to see Texas become the center of the universe for bitcoin and crypto,” US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said in 2021. In 2024, Republican Governor Greg Abbott said Texas “wears the crown as the bitcoin mining capital of the world.” But in small towns like Granbury, TX, about an hour southwest of Fort Worth, residents are the ones paying the price for Texas’ crypto boom. Granbury’s 300-megawatt bitcoin mine, which is owned by Marathon…
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