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BlockOps Marion Bitcoin Mine (planned)
Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas · All 4 BlockOps sites
BlockOps Marion Bitcoin Mine (planned) is a proposed crypto mining site in Marion, Arkansas (Crittenden County), operated by BlockOps. The record for this site rests on a single unverified source and should be read that way.
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
Proposed
- Operator
- BlockOps
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Marion, Crittenden County, AR
- Coordinates
- 35.2130, -90.1950 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- 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
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Rumored: a single unverified source
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.
- March 6, 2025ProposedIn coverage of BlockOps' Helena-West Helena approval, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported the company had 'another planned for the Marion area' alongside its Russellville and rural Pope County operations. BlockOps' own site likewise lists Marion (Crittenden County) as planned. Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over BlockOps Marion Bitcoin Mine (planned) in Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas 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
Confidence is 'rumored', the weakest tier, and deliberately so: both sources say only that a site is planned 'for the Marion area', with no address, parcel, permit, council action, capacity or date. Coordinates are the OpenStreetMap city point for Marion and are a placeholder at town level, not a site. This record should be re-checked against Crittenden County or City of Marion planning records before any figure is attached to it, and should be retired if no site materialised. Marion is in the same county as the tracked Google West Memphis campus but is a distinct place and a distinct operator.
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.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- 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.
- 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.
- Google West Memphis Data Center Campus · West Memphis · Google4 mi · Under construction · Supported
- Neural Nexus Innovation District · Memphis · Legacy Power Capital10 mi · Proposed · Mixed reception
- Colossus · Memphis · xAI15 mi · Operating · 1.2 GW · In litigation
- Minihard · Memphis · xAI17 mi · Under construction
- Colossus 2 (Whitehaven) · Memphis · xAI17 mi · Operating · 210 MW
- MACROHARDRR (xAI Southaven Data Center III) · Southaven · xAI18 mi · Operating
- The STEM Practice Sycamore View AI Data Center · Memphis · Golden Acquisitions / The STEM Practice19 mi · Under construction · 9 MW
- 5C MEM01 Memphis (former Fred's headquarters) · Memphis · 5C Data Centers19 mi · Under construction · 15 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the BlockOps Marion Bitcoin Mine (planned) in Marion?
Nothing on record as of September 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over BlockOps Marion Bitcoin Mine (planned) in Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas 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 BlockOps Marion Bitcoin Mine (planned)?
No lawsuit over BlockOps Marion Bitcoin Mine (planned) appears in the record we track as of September 15, 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 BlockOps Marion Bitcoin Mine (planned) use?
No water withdrawal figure for BlockOps Marion Bitcoin Mine (planned) 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 BlockOps Marion Bitcoin Mine (planned), and how big is it?
BlockOps is the operator on record. We hold 4 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "BlockOps Marion Bitcoin Mine (planned)," updated September 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/blockops-marion-ar.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/blockops-marion-ar, retrieved October 1, 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.Bitcoin mining operation in Helena-West Helena approved by city council · Arkansas Democrat-Gazette · retrieved September 15, 2026
- 2.Bitcoin Mining Rural Arkansas: How BlockOps Is Transforming Communities in 2026 · BlockOps Mining · retrieved September 15, 2026
- 3.OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode: Marion, Crittenden County, Arkansas · OpenStreetMap · retrieved September 15, 2026
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