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Grand River Power Company Smithville Bitcoin Mine
Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan
Grand River Power Company Smithville Bitcoin Mine is an operating crypto mining site in Eaton Rapids, Michigan (Eaton County), operated by Grand River Power Company. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Grand River Power Company
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Smithville Road, Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, MI
- Coordinates
- 42.4997, -84.6292 (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
- City of Eaton Rapids
- 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
- Contested
- 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.
- October 2025OperatingHamlin Township issued a cease-and-desist order on 2025-10-01. Source: WKAR Public Media
- September 2025OperatingBitcoin storage and processing trailer became operational around late September 2025; it had been added earlier in 2025 without notifying township officials. Source: WKAR Public Media
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Grand River Power Company Smithville Bitcoin Mine in Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Neighbours reported an all-day high-pitched noise once the facility became operational.
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.
Neighbours reported an all-day high-pitched noise once the facility became operational. Hamlin Township issued a cease-and-desist order on 2025-10-01 and scheduled a 2025-12-03 public hearing on rezoning the parcel from limited agricultural to industrial; if rezoned, the company would still have to obtain a conditional use permit and mitigate noise, options named including a sound wall or enclosing the facility in a building.
Power and water
Source states the trailer was connected by the city of Eaton Rapids, the municipal electric provider. The mine sits adjacent to the Smithville Dam on the Grand River and the operator is named Grand River Power Company, but the source does NOT state that the mine is powered by the dam's hydro output, so no hydro attribution is made here.
Notes on the record
Small-scale mine: a bitcoin storage and processing trailer with mining fans, adjacent to the Smithville Dam on Smithville Road in Hamlin Township. Capacity: NO megawatt or hashrate figure is stated in the source, so capacityMw is omitted. Zoning at the time of the order was 'limited agricultural', i.e. the installation was made without township notification, which is why status is 'operational' but the site has no permit. No water, investment, jobs or incentive figures stated. Coordinates are Nominatim's match for Smithville Dam, the landmark the source uses to locate the site; the parcel itself is not confirmed.
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
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.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Grand River Power Company Smithville Bitcoin Mine in Eaton Rapids?
Yes. Grand River Power Company Smithville Bitcoin Mine in Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Neighbours reported an all-day high-pitched noise once the facility became operational.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Grand River Power Company Smithville Bitcoin Mine?
No lawsuit over Grand River Power Company Smithville Bitcoin Mine 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 Grand River Power Company Smithville Bitcoin Mine use?
No water withdrawal figure for Grand River Power Company Smithville 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 Grand River Power Company Smithville Bitcoin Mine, and how big is it?
Grand River Power Company is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Grand River Power Company Smithville Bitcoin Mine," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/grand-river-power-hamlin-township-mi.
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/grand-river-power-hamlin-township-mi, 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.Cease-and-desist issued to Bitcoin mining site in Eaton County over noise complaints · WKAR Public Media · retrieved September 9, 2026
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