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NYDIG DFM Kraken Central Site

Sidney vicinity (unincorporated), Richland County, Montana · All 12 NYDIG DFM sites

PermittedNo reception on recordRecord updated October 8, 2026

NYDIG DFM Kraken Central Site is a permitted crypto mining site in Sidney vicinity (unincorporated), Montana (Richland County), operated by NYDIG DFM. The public record puts it at announced 2025.

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Facility record

Permitted

Operator
NYDIG DFM
Facility type
Crypto mining
Location
Sidney vicinity (unincorporated), Richland County, MT
Coordinates
47.8730, -103.9240 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
2025
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

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 8, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over NYDIG DFM Kraken Central Site in Sidney vicinity (unincorporated), Richland County, Montana 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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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Power and water

MAQP #5262-05 describes a natural-gas generator station that powers small data centers on site. It permits seven rich-burn natural-gas generator engines of up to 2,500 bhp each, plus diesel backup: five 500-kW engines and one 1,099-kW engine. Location: Section 8, T25N, R59E, about 15 miles northeast of Sidney.

Notes on the record

One of several small well-pad bitcoin-mining sites NYDIG DFM, LLC operates in the Bakken oil field portion of Richland County, MT, continuing the flared/stranded 'Digital Flare Mitigation' gas-to-bitcoin model NYDIG acquired from Crusoe Energy's bitcoin-mining business in 2025 (Crusoe itself sourced this gas from well pads in the area since ~2021). The Kraken Central Site's Aug/Oct 2025 DEQ air-quality permit (MAQP #5262-05) covers eight 2,500-brake-horsepower engines burning well-pad field gas to power a modular data center; capacity is expressed in engine horsepower, not MW, in the source and is not converted here. Sibling NYDIG DFM permits for nearby pads in the same county (Kennedy Pad MAQP #5301-01, Nate Facility MAQP #5314-01, and others: 5268-02/03, 5313-02, 5328-01) indicate this is a multi-site cluster, not a single facility -- only the best-documented site (Kraken Central) is logged here.

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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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the NYDIG DFM Kraken Central Site data center in Sidney vicinity (unincorporated)?

Nothing on record as of October 8, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over NYDIG DFM Kraken Central Site in Sidney vicinity (unincorporated), Richland County, Montana 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 NYDIG DFM Kraken Central Site data center?

No lawsuit over NYDIG DFM Kraken Central Site appears in the record we track as of October 8, 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 NYDIG DFM Kraken Central Site use?

No water withdrawal figure for NYDIG DFM Kraken Central Site 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 NYDIG DFM Kraken Central Site, and how big is it?

NYDIG DFM is the operator on record. We hold 12 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "NYDIG DFM Kraken Central Site," updated October 8, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/nydig-dfm-kraken-richland-mt.

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/nydig-dfm-kraken-richland-mt, 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. 1.MAQP #5262-05 Kraken Central Site permit · Montana DEQ · retrieved October 8, 2026
  2. 2.Public comment period for proposed data center in Richland County · MontanaRightNow · retrieved August 5, 2026
  3. 3.NYDIG Expands Technology Capabilities with Acquisition of Crusoe's Bitcoin Mining Business · NYDIG · retrieved August 5, 2026 · original offline, archived copy from June 11, 2026
  4. 4.Bitcoin fracking turns waste gas to digital gold in Bakken oil field · Montana Free Press · retrieved August 5, 2026
  5. 5.NYDIG to Acquire Crusoe's Bitcoin Mining Operations · Bitcoin Magazine · retrieved October 8, 2026

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