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Bitzero Polson Data Center (SKQ/Salish-Kootenai Dam)
Polson, Lake County, Montana · All 2 Bitzero sites
Bitzero Polson Data Center (SKQ/Salish-Kootenai Dam) is a proposed crypto mining site in Polson, Montana (Lake County), operated by Bitzero. The public record puts it at 50 MW planned.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Bitzero
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Polson, Lake County, MT
- Coordinates
- 47.6900, -114.1264 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 50 MW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Energy Keepers, Inc. (CSKT)
- Power source
- Hydro
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Opposition and litigation at this site
The record carries no reception finding for Bitzero Polson Data Center (SKQ/Salish-Kootenai Dam) in Polson, Lake County, Montana, but it does carry this note as of September 10, 2026: Announced 2022-08-08 at Montana's 'On the Rise' Economic Summit as a partnership among the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, investor Kevin O'Leary, and Bitzero CEO Akbar Shamji, with support from Gov.
Power and water
Proposed to draw hydropower from the Salish-Kootenai Dam (also called SKQ Dam, formerly Kerr Dam) on the Flathead River at the south end of Flathead Lake, operated by Energy Keepers Inc. on behalf of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The dam's total capacity is 208 MW; the project would use roughly a quarter of that output.
Notes on the record
⚠️ STALE ANNOUNCEMENT, STATUS UNCONFIRMED: this record rests on a 2022-08-08 announcement. Whether the project ever advanced could not be established on 2026-09-10, the one known follow-up report (valleyjournal.net, headline indicating the project remained "in preliminary discussion") was unreachable on repeated attempts by two independent clients (ECONNRESET, then no response at all), so this is an UNVERIFIED gap, not a documented negative. Treat `proposed` as the last publicly reported state, not as evidence of a live proposal. Site is on Flathead Indian Reservation land near Polson; no confirmed parcel address or MW/investment figure for THIS site specifically was found (a separate $500M Bitzero figure reported in the same era applies to the company's North Dakota operations, not Polson, not attributed here to avoid conflating the two). Coordinates are the Polson city center (Wikipedia infobox), not a confirmed site parcel, treat as representative only.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Bitzero Polson Data Center (SKQ/Salish-Kootenai Dam) in Polson?
The record carries no reception finding for Bitzero Polson Data Center (SKQ/Salish-Kootenai Dam) in Polson, Lake County, Montana, but it does carry this note as of September 10, 2026: Announced 2022-08-08 at Montana's 'On the Rise' Economic Summit as a partnership among the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, investor Kevin O'Leary, and Bitzero CEO Akbar Shamji, with support from Gov.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Bitzero Polson Data Center (SKQ/Salish-Kootenai Dam)?
No lawsuit over Bitzero Polson Data Center (SKQ/Salish-Kootenai Dam) appears in the record we track as of September 10, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Bitzero Polson Data Center (SKQ/Salish-Kootenai Dam) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Bitzero Polson Data Center (SKQ/Salish-Kootenai Dam) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Bitzero Polson Data Center (SKQ/Salish-Kootenai Dam), and how big is it?
Bitzero is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 50 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Bitzero Polson Data Center (SKQ/Salish-Kootenai Dam)," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/bitzero-polson-lake-county-mt.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/bitzero-polson-lake-county-mt, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.MT: Bitcoin Mining Company Announces Plans for 50-Megawatt Data Center, New Jobs, in Polson, Mont. · Trade and Industry Development · retrieved September 10, 2026
- 2.Polson, Montana · Wikipedia · retrieved September 10, 2026
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