Blackshear, GA · Pierce County · 31.305°N 82.242°W
Straight-line distances. Nearest named waterway via the USGS National Hydrography Dataset; nearest transmission line via HIFLD. Baseline water stress and groundwater trend describe the surrounding hydrological basin (WRI Aqueduct 4.0, CC BY 4.0) — not this facility’s measured water use. Principal-aquifer system underlying the location (USGS, mapped at 1:2,500,000 — regional context, not site hydrogeology).
Over 150 residents attended the February 2025 Pierce County Commission meeting, with virtually everyone opposing the permit; stated concerns were noise, high energy consumption, and potential property-value declines. Pierce County hosts no other bitcoin-mining operations, so this would have been its first.
TheEnergyMag / TheMinerMag (Feb 19, 2025): Pierce County Commission unanimously denied LN Energy's conditional-use permit for a bitcoin mine at 1199 Cason Road, Blackshear (Rehobeth Church Community); 150+ residents attended, virtually all opposing over noise, energy consumption, and property-value concerns; notes LN Energy previously sold five turnkey GA mining sites (60 MW total) to CleanSpark for ~$26MPierce County Commission unanimously denied the conditional-use permit.
TheEnergyMag / TheMinerMag (Feb 19, 2025): Pierce County Commission unanimously denied LN Energy's conditional-use permit for a bitcoin mine at 1199 Cason Road, Blackshear (Rehobeth Church Community); 150+ residents attended, virtually all opposing over noise, energy consumption, and property-value concerns; notes LN Energy previously sold five turnkey GA mining sites (60 MW total) to CleanSpark for ~$26MReported: data based on credible news outlets or industry sources.
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