Data Center Registry
Dafter Township Bitcoin Mine
Dafter, Chippewa County, Michigan
Dafter Township Bitcoin Mine is an operating crypto mining site in Dafter, Michigan (Chippewa County), operated by Odessa Partners. The public record puts it at 10 acres. It is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Odessa Partners
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Dafter, Chippewa County, MI
- Coordinates
- 46.3600, -84.4273 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 10 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Cloverland Electric Cooperative
- 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
- In litigation
- 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 2025OperatingMine came online in Dafter Township, across the street from Lake Superior Academy. Source: Great Lakes Now (Detroit PBS)
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Dafter Township Bitcoin Mine in Dafter, Chippewa County, Michigan is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Lake Superior Academy, a school directly across the street, filed suit in July 2025 seeking a preliminary injunction, noise reduction and at least $25,000 in damages; a judge issued a temporary restraining order requiring the mine to shut down during the litigation, and the parties were in mediation as of the source.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: in litigation means the facility is or has been the subject of a lawsuit related to its siting, permitting, or operation.
Lake Superior Academy, a school directly across the street, filed suit in July 2025 seeking a preliminary injunction, noise reduction and at least $25,000 in damages; a judge issued a temporary restraining order requiring the mine to shut down during the litigation, and the parties were in mediation as of the source. Sound readings reported above 70 decibels. The operator placed hay bales around the facility after the restraining order. Neighbouring Clark Township enacted a one-year moratorium on bitcoin mines.
Power and water
Source states Cloverland Electric Cooperative supplies up to 50% hydroelectric power with the remainder purchased from Wisconsin Electric, generated from coal and natural gas. energy.source is recorded as 'grid' because the site is a utility customer, not an owner of generation.
Notes on the record
Six metal pods on 10 acres. Capacity: NO megawatt figure is stated in the source, capacityMw is omitted rather than estimated from pod count. Water use is NOT quantified either; residents raised concerns about water usage and chemical cooling agents but the source reports no measured figure, so the water field is omitted. No investment, jobs or incentive figures stated. ⚠️ COORDINATES ARE THE DAFTER TOWNSHIP CENTROID from Nominatim, not the site: the source locates the mine only as being in Dafter Township across the street from Lake Superior Academy, and no street address was obtainable in this run. Treat the pin as township-level. aiClassification omitted, the source describes bitcoin mining only, with no AI/GPU workload claim.
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
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.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Dafter Township Bitcoin Mine in Dafter?
Yes. Dafter Township Bitcoin Mine in Dafter, Chippewa County, Michigan is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Lake Superior Academy, a school directly across the street, filed suit in July 2025 seeking a preliminary injunction, noise reduction and at least $25,000 in damages; a judge issued a temporary restraining order requiring the mine to shut down during the litigation, and the parties were in mediation as of the source.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Dafter Township Bitcoin Mine?
Yes. This site is recorded as being in litigation. The case, the court, and the filings we hold are listed on this page under the timeline and the sources.
How much water does Dafter Township Bitcoin Mine use?
No water withdrawal figure for Dafter Township 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 Dafter Township Bitcoin Mine, and how big is it?
Odessa Partners is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 10 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Dafter Township Bitcoin Mine," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/odessa-partners-dafter-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/odessa-partners-dafter-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.A bitcoin mine came to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township isn't happy · Great Lakes Now (Detroit PBS) · retrieved September 9, 2026
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