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Boxminer La Pine Bitcoin Mining Facility
La Pine, Deschutes County, Oregon
Boxminer La Pine Bitcoin Mining Facility is a cancelled crypto mining site in La Pine, Oregon (Deschutes County), operated by Boxminer (Hidden Pines LLC). The public record puts it at 20 MW planned, 19.5 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- Boxminer (Hidden Pines LLC)
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- La Pine, Deschutes County, OR
- Coordinates
- 43.6746, -121.4913 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 20 MW planned
- Land
- 19.5 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Midstate Electric Cooperative
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- 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
- Opposed
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
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.
- May 27, 2026CancelledLa Pine City Council voted unanimously to reject the proposed 20 MW facility in the La Pine Industrial Park. Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to Boxminer La Pine Bitcoin Mining Facility in La Pine, Deschutes County, Oregon is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Roughly five hours of public comment preceded a unanimous La Pine City Council vote against the project on 27 May 2026; residents cited power draw, noise, light and the small-town character of the city.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.
Roughly five hours of public comment preceded a unanimous La Pine City Council vote against the project on 27 May 2026; residents cited power draw, noise, light and the small-town character of the city. Residents subsequently began gathering signatures for a November 2026 ballot measure to regulate noise and lighting at any future data center.
Power and water
The proposal's own figures implied a draw of roughly 15 times the City of La Pine's total electricity use.
Described by the developer as air-cooled rather than water-cooled, using a closed-loop system in which the air, water or glycol recirculates.
Notes on the record
Proposed bitcoin-mining facility on roughly 19.5-20 acres of the 330-acre La Pine Industrial Park east of U.S. Highway 97. Boxminer is operated by Hidden Pines LLC of San Diego. Job estimates were contested, the developer cited up to 80, then about 50, while the city manager's analysis suggested about 5, so no jobs figure is recorded here. Coordinates are a street-level approximation near Reed Road; the exact parcel is not published.
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.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
- 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.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Boxminer La Pine Bitcoin Mining Facility in La Pine?
Yes. Organized local opposition to Boxminer La Pine Bitcoin Mining Facility in La Pine, Deschutes County, Oregon is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Roughly five hours of public comment preceded a unanimous La Pine City Council vote against the project on 27 May 2026; residents cited power draw, noise, light and the small-town character of the city.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Boxminer La Pine Bitcoin Mining Facility?
No lawsuit over Boxminer La Pine Bitcoin Mining Facility appears in the record we track as of September 5, 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 Boxminer La Pine Bitcoin Mining Facility use?
No water withdrawal figure for Boxminer La Pine Bitcoin Mining Facility is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Boxminer La Pine Bitcoin Mining Facility, and how big is it?
Boxminer (Hidden Pines LLC) is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 20 MW. The site is recorded at 19.5 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Boxminer La Pine Bitcoin Mining Facility," updated September 5, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/boxminer-la-pine-or.
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/boxminer-la-pine-or, 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.A small Central Oregon town shoots down data center development · Oregon Public Broadcasting · retrieved September 5, 2026
- 2.La Pine Rejects Proposed Data Center Amid Public Outcry · The Source Weekly (Bend) · retrieved September 5, 2026
- 3.La Pine residents pack meeting to oppose proposed data center · The Bulletin (Bend) · retrieved September 5, 2026
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