Data Center Registry
Nova Energy Natural Gas-Powered Cryptomine (Frenchcreek Township)
Venango County, Pennsylvania
Nova Energy Natural Gas-Powered Cryptomine (Frenchcreek Township) is an operating crypto mining site in Pennsylvania (Venango County), operated by Nova Energy LLC. The public record puts it at announced August 2024.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Nova Energy LLC
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Venango County, PA
- Coordinates
- 41.4400, -79.8200 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- August 2024
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Power source
- On site gas
- 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
- 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.
- March 2025OperatingFacility reported set up and operating following DEP air-quality permit issuance. Source: exploreVenango
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of August 2, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Nova Energy Natural Gas-Powered Cryptomine (Frenchcreek Township) in Venango County, Pennsylvania 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
Three lean-burn natural gas-fired engines on a gas well pad drive on-site generators dedicated to cryptocurrency mining; DEP estimated ~28.56 tpy VOC, ~22.83 tpy NOx, ~6.45 tpy HAPs.
Notes on the record
DEP-permitted natural gas-powered cryptocurrency mine on a gas well pad in Frenchcreek Township, Venango County. Air-quality permit for three lean-burn gas engines received Aug 27, 2024 and issued Feb 14, 2025 (active until Aug 31, 2026). Coordinates are an approximate township-level point; the exact well pad is not publicly geolocated.
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
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
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.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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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.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Nova Energy Natural Gas-Powered Cryptomine (Frenchcreek Township) data center in Venango County, Pennsylvania?
Nothing on record as of August 2, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Nova Energy Natural Gas-Powered Cryptomine (Frenchcreek Township) in Venango County, Pennsylvania 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 Nova Energy Natural Gas-Powered Cryptomine (Frenchcreek Township) data center?
No lawsuit over Nova Energy Natural Gas-Powered Cryptomine (Frenchcreek Township) appears in the record we track as of August 2, 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 Nova Energy Natural Gas-Powered Cryptomine (Frenchcreek Township) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Nova Energy Natural Gas-Powered Cryptomine (Frenchcreek Township) 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 Nova Energy Natural Gas-Powered Cryptomine (Frenchcreek Township), and how big is it?
Nova Energy LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Nova Energy Natural Gas-Powered Cryptomine (Frenchcreek Township)," updated August 2, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/nova-energy-cryptomine-frenchcreek-venango-county-pa.
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/nova-energy-cryptomine-frenchcreek-venango-county-pa, 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.Crypto Mining Facility Tied to Gas Well Quietly Sets Up in Venango County · exploreVenango · retrieved August 2, 2026
- 2.Nova Energy's natural gas-powered cryptomine in Pennsylvania approved · DataCenterDynamics · retrieved August 2, 2026
- 3.Gas-Fired Cryptocurrency Data Center Coming to Venango County, PA · Marcellus Drilling News · retrieved August 2, 2026
- 4.PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices (Nova Energy data-mining air permit) · PA Environment Digest · retrieved August 2, 2026
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