Data Center Registry
PrimeBlock Murphy Bitcoin Mine (Harshaw Road)
Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina
PrimeBlock Murphy Bitcoin Mine (Harshaw Road) is an operating crypto mining site in Murphy, North Carolina (Cherokee County), operated by PrimeBlock. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- PrimeBlock
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Harshaw Road, Murphy, Cherokee County, NC, 28906
- Coordinates
- 35.0756, -84.0235 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- 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
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Opposed
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
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.
- 2021OperatingMine built in 2021 in a former cornfield off Harshaw Road outside Murphy; shipping-container-housed miners with large cooling fans. Source: WUNC
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to PrimeBlock Murphy Bitcoin Mine (Harshaw Road) in Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Neighbors describe a constant hum audible up to a mile away; residents say the operation arrived with no notice.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.
Neighbors describe a constant hum audible up to a mile away; residents say the operation arrived with no notice. Cherokee County pursued targeted land-use ordinances after a proposed noise ordinance failed; a commissioner said the Harshaw Road operation had not paid taxes in two years and faces foreclosure if that continues.
Notes on the record
Operator named as PrimeBlock in WUNC's 2024 reporting; current ownership has not been separately confirmed and may have changed. No site-level MW figure is published, the ~110 MW figure sometimes cited is PrimeBlock's company-wide installed capacity across multiple states and must not be attributed to this site. Distinct from the tracked Core Scientific Marble site elsewhere in Cherokee County.
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
- 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.
- 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.
- Core Scientific Marble Data Center · Marble · Core Scientific7 mi · Operating · 65 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the PrimeBlock Murphy Bitcoin Mine (Harshaw Road) in Murphy?
Yes. Organized local opposition to PrimeBlock Murphy Bitcoin Mine (Harshaw Road) in Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Neighbors describe a constant hum audible up to a mile away; residents say the operation arrived with no notice.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the PrimeBlock Murphy Bitcoin Mine (Harshaw Road)?
No lawsuit over PrimeBlock Murphy Bitcoin Mine (Harshaw Road) appears in the record we track as of August 15, 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 PrimeBlock Murphy Bitcoin Mine (Harshaw Road) use?
No water withdrawal figure for PrimeBlock Murphy Bitcoin Mine (Harshaw Road) 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 PrimeBlock Murphy Bitcoin Mine (Harshaw Road), and how big is it?
PrimeBlock is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "PrimeBlock Murphy Bitcoin Mine (Harshaw Road)," updated August 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/primeblock-murphy-cherokee-county-nc.
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/primeblock-murphy-cherokee-county-nc, 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.In Murphy, North Carolina's western-most town, cryptomining noise prompts new regulations · WUNC · retrieved August 15, 2026
- 2.Cherokee County residents were upset about crypto mines, then came AI · WUNC · retrieved August 15, 2026
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