Data Center Registry
Blackstone Data Services, Bluestone Business and Technology Park
Tazewell County, Virginia
Blackstone Data Services, Bluestone Business and Technology Park is an operating crypto mining site in Virginia (Tazewell County), operated by Blackstone Data Services. The public record puts it at announced October 31, 2022, 12 MW planned, a reported $18 million investment.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Blackstone Data Services
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Tazewell County, VA
- Coordinates
- 37.2600, -81.3300 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 12 MW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- $18 million
- Announced
- October 31, 2022
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 5 permanent
- 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
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- February 16, 2024OperatingWVVA reported the operation 'continues doing business' at the Bluestone park, though high electricity rates have held growth flat. Source: WVVA
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of August 27, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Blackstone Data Services, Bluestone Business and Technology Park in Tazewell County, Virginia appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Notes on the record
Hosting-model crypto-mining operation in a shell building in the Bluestone Business and Technology Park off Route 460, a few miles west of Bluefield in Tazewell County, Virginia (confirmed as Virginia, not West Virginia, by the WVVA dateline). The 10 to 12 MW figure is the announced power requirement; capacityMw.planned records the upper bound. The $18M is the announced ten-year investment commitment for this site, and the 5-job figure is the original 2022 projection, not a verified headcount.
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
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves 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.
- 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.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Blackstone Data Services, Bluestone Business and Technology Park data center in Tazewell County, Virginia?
Nothing on record as of August 27, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Blackstone Data Services, Bluestone Business and Technology Park in Tazewell County, Virginia appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Blackstone Data Services, Bluestone Business and Technology Park data center?
No lawsuit over Blackstone Data Services, Bluestone Business and Technology Park appears in the record we track as of August 27, 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 Blackstone Data Services, Bluestone Business and Technology Park use?
No water withdrawal figure for Blackstone Data Services, Bluestone Business and Technology Park 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 Blackstone Data Services, Bluestone Business and Technology Park, and how big is it?
Blackstone Data Services is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 12 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Blackstone Data Services, Bluestone Business and Technology Park," updated August 27, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/blackstone-data-services-bluestone-tazewell-va.
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/blackstone-data-services-bluestone-tazewell-va, 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.Blackstone Data Services Plans 10-12MW Cryptomine Data Center in Tazewell County, Virginia · Baxtel · retrieved August 27, 2026
- 2.Growth of local cryptocurrency mining operation hindered by electricity rates · WVVA · retrieved August 27, 2026
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