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Blockfusion Niagara Falls Facility (North East Data)

Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York

OperatingContestedRecord updated September 9, 2026

Blockfusion Niagara Falls Facility (North East Data) is an operating crypto mining site in Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County), operated by Blockfusion. The public record puts it at 100 MW planned. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Operating

Operator
Blockfusion
Facility type
Crypto mining
Location
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY
Coordinates
43.0962, -79.0377 (approximate)
Power capacity
46 MW operating; 100 MW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
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
Contested
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Blockfusion Niagara Falls Facility (North East Data) in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. A 2021 transformer explosion and an Oct 2022 city cease-and-desist over zoning forced a shutdown; a 2025 zoning amendment plus Niagara Falls Planning Board site-plan approval let it resume.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

A 2021 transformer explosion and an Oct 2022 city cease-and-desist over zoning forced a shutdown; a 2025 zoning amendment plus Niagara Falls Planning Board site-plan approval let it resume.

Notes on the record

Operated by subsidiary North East Data, LLC at a converted former coal-power-plant site on Frontier Avenue. Per the company's Nov 19, 2025 release (ahead of a ~$450M SPAC merger with Blue Acquisition Corp), 46MW is energized/operating with a path to 100MW+ Tier 3. A July 2026 report describes a non-binding LOI for up to 300MW of AI/HPC capacity at this same campus - an AI pivot layered on top of the operating bitcoin-mining load. NO fields, deliberately. (1) capacityMw is already populated on this record, flagging that the November 2025 merger release states 46 MW energized and over 100 MW planned, in case the stored value differs. (2) energy.source NOT filled: the release says only 'clean energy-powered' and 'converted a retired coal facility'. Niagara Falls hydro is the obvious inference but the fetched text never says hydroelectric, and the enum has no 'clean energy' member, filling 'hydro' here would be inference. (3) investmentUsd NOT filled: the only figures are a $450M pre-money equity value and ~$900M of FORWARD-LOOKING capex assumptions, neither of which is spend on this facility.

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
  • 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.
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.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Blockfusion Niagara Falls Facility (North East Data) in Niagara Falls?

Yes. Blockfusion Niagara Falls Facility (North East Data) in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. A 2021 transformer explosion and an Oct 2022 city cease-and-desist over zoning forced a shutdown; a 2025 zoning amendment plus Niagara Falls Planning Board site-plan approval let it resume.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Blockfusion Niagara Falls Facility (North East Data)?

No lawsuit over Blockfusion Niagara Falls Facility (North East Data) appears in the record we track as of September 9, 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 Blockfusion Niagara Falls Facility (North East Data) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Blockfusion Niagara Falls Facility (North East Data) 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 Blockfusion Niagara Falls Facility (North East Data), and how big is it?

Blockfusion is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 100 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Blockfusion Niagara Falls Facility (North East Data)," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/blockfusion-niagara-falls-ny.

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/blockfusion-niagara-falls-ny, 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. 1.Blockfusion to Go Public via Business Combination with Blue Acquisition Corp. · PR Newswire (company release) · retrieved August 5, 2026
  2. 2.Falls Planning Board considers recommending operating permit for Frontier Avenue bitcoin mine · Niagara Gazette · retrieved August 5, 2026
  3. 3.City of Niagara Falls orders Blockfusion facility to cease and desist crypto mining · Cointelegraph · retrieved August 5, 2026

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