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Merkle Standard Usk Facility
Usk, Pend Oreille County, Washington
Merkle Standard Usk Facility is an operating crypto mining site in Usk, Washington (Pend Oreille County), operated by Merkle Standard (Allrise Capital). The public record puts it at 100 MW operating, 927 acres, a reported $18 million investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Merkle Standard (Allrise Capital)
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Usk, Pend Oreille County, WA
- Coordinates
- 48.3079, -117.2848 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 100 MW operating
- Land
- 927 acres
- Investment
- $18 million
- 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
- 40 permanent
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Mixed reception
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Opposition and litigation at this site
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Merkle Standard Usk Facility in Usk, Pend Oreille County, Washington appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Pend Oreille County's hearing examiner rejected a wildlife biologist's appeal and upheld the conditional-use permit in May 2022; opposition centered on noise impacts to threatened long-eared bats and white pelicans.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.
Pend Oreille County's hearing examiner rejected a wildlife biologist's appeal and upheld the conditional-use permit in May 2022; opposition centered on noise impacts to threatened long-eared bats and white pelicans.
Notes on the record
Site of the former Ponderay Newsprint mill (bankrupt 2020, acquired for $18.1M by Allrise Capital); Merkle Standard is the operating subsidiary, Bitmain the equipment partner; permitted for up to 100MW annually with studies examining expansion to 600MW.
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
- 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.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Merkle Standard Usk Facility in Usk?
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Merkle Standard Usk Facility in Usk, Pend Oreille County, Washington appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Pend Oreille County's hearing examiner rejected a wildlife biologist's appeal and upheld the conditional-use permit in May 2022; opposition centered on noise impacts to threatened long-eared bats and white pelicans.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Merkle Standard Usk Facility?
The reception note on this record refers to a court proceeding. Read it in full under opposition and litigation above, and check the sources at the foot of the page for the filing itself.
How much water does Merkle Standard Usk Facility use?
No water withdrawal figure for Merkle Standard Usk Facility 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 Merkle Standard Usk Facility, and how big is it?
Merkle Standard (Allrise Capital) is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 100 MW. The site is recorded at 927 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Merkle Standard Usk Facility," updated August 22, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/merkle-standard-usk-wa.
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/merkle-standard-usk-wa, 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.This tiny Eastern WA town could become a bitcoin mining hub · Cascade PBS · retrieved August 22, 2026
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