Data Center Registry
Bear Bitcoin Mine
Andrews, Andrews County, Texas · All 3 WindHQ sites
Bear Bitcoin Mine is an operating crypto mining site in Andrews, Texas (Andrews County), operated by WindHQ LLC / Canaan Inc. The public record puts it at 40 MW operating.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- WindHQ LLC / Canaan Inc.
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Andrews, Andrews County, TX
- Coordinates
- 32.2691, -102.6042 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 40 MW operating
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Lyntegar Electric Cooperative
- Power source
- Grid
- 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
- 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.
- January 3, 2024OperatingOperational since ~2022-2023 (base site); +30 MW expansion announced/contracted Jan 2024 via new Avalon A1466 miners from Canaan, delivery Q2 2024. Source: PR Newswire
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of August 3, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Bear Bitcoin Mine in Andrews, Andrews County, Texas 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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Power and water
Connects to Lyntegar Electric Cooperative grid. Highly competitive sub-3-cents/kWh power rate cited in the Feb 2026 Canaan release; site participates in ERCOT demand response/energy arbitrage.
Notes on the record
Distinct from the already-tracked Cipher Stingray HPC Data Center (id=cipher-stingray-andrews-county-tx), Stingray is a separate, wholly Cipher-owned 100-250 MW 'proposed'-status development also near Andrews/Lyntegar territory, while Bear is a smaller, older (2022-built), WindHQ joint-venture operational bitcoin-mining site. Both being near Andrews and on the same coop grid is coincidental co-location, not the same site, no shared address, developer, or JV structure found.
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.
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.
- Chief Mountain Bitcoin Mine · Andrews · WindHQ LLC / Canaan Inc.2 mi · Operating · 40 MW
- Cipher Stingray HPC Data Center · Andrews · Cipher Digital5 mi · Under construction · 100 MW
- Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC) · Sharon AI + New Era Energy & Digital (joint venture)28 mi · Proposed · 250 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Bear Bitcoin Mine in Andrews?
Nothing on record as of August 3, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Bear Bitcoin Mine in Andrews, Andrews County, Texas 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 Bear Bitcoin Mine?
No lawsuit over Bear Bitcoin Mine appears in the record we track as of August 3, 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 Bear Bitcoin Mine use?
No water withdrawal figure for Bear Bitcoin Mine 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 Bear Bitcoin Mine, and how big is it?
WindHQ LLC / Canaan Inc. is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 40 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Bear Bitcoin Mine," updated August 3, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/canaan-bear-andrews-tx.
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/canaan-bear-andrews-tx, 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.Canaan Inc. Acquires Cipher Mining's Interest in Multiple Operational Mining Projects Totaling ~4.4 EH/s in West Texas · PR Newswire · retrieved August 3, 2026
- 2.Canaan: Bear Data Center · Baxtel (data center aggregator) · retrieved August 3, 2026
- 3.Cipher Mining Announces 60 MW Expansion of its Bear and Chief Joint Venture Data Centers and Purchase of 16,700 New Miners from Canaan Inc. · GlobeNewswire · retrieved August 3, 2026
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