Print Crypto, Inc., has more than 900 computers mining bitcoin at the Butler Rural Electric Cooperatvie substation at 8399 S.E. 84th St., at least for now. Sean Reese said his company, of which he is part owner, had taken every one of its units out of the storage trailers and replaced it with those belonging to customers who rent space from Print Crypto. He said his customers paid $2,000-$6,000 per month to rent the space, and Print Crypto covers the cost of electricity, storage and maintenance. He said his company kept adding customers, but it hadn’t added any machines to the site since Print Crypto and Butler Rural Electric became embroiled in a zoning dispute with the county. Print Crypto’s mining operation has been the source of noise complaints by neighbors due to the constant sound of whirring fans that cool the computer equipment. The Board of Harvey County Commissioners denied Butler Rural Electric’s rezoning request on March 28. Commissioners will decide what the county’s next step is at its meeting this Tuesday.
Source: Harvey County Now
