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Merkle Standard Usk Facility
Usk, Pend Oreille County, Washington · All 2 Merkle Standard sites
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
- Closed loop
- 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.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Which utility serves it
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.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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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.
- Krambu Eastern Washington (Newport) · Newport · Krambu14 mi · Operating
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. 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 Merkle Standard Usk Facility, and how big is it?
Merkle Standard (Allrise Capital) is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. 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 September 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/merkle-standard-usk-wa.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/merkle-standard-usk-wa, retrieved October 29, 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 September 21, 2026
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