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Sarcobatus Solar Project (off-grid bitcoin mining)
Scotty's Junction, Nye County, Nevada
Sarcobatus Solar Project (off-grid bitcoin mining) is a permitted crypto mining site in Scotty's Junction, Nevada (Nye County), operated by Tesla Solar LLC. The public record puts it at 800 acres.
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Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- Tesla Solar LLC
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Scotty's Junction, Nye County, NV
- Coordinates
- 37.2988, -117.0528 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 800 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Power source
- Solar
- 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.
- January 21, 2026PermittedPreliminary development plan approved by the Nye County Commission. Tracking arrays originally proposed at 38 ft were revised to fixed arrays under 25 ft to comply with county code. One commissioner recused himself citing a business relationship with the developer. Source: Basin and Range Watch
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 24, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Sarcobatus Solar Project (off-grid bitcoin mining) in Scotty's Junction, Nye County, Nevada 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
Entirely off-grid: solar arrays feed data servers on site, with all power used internally and no grid interconnection. Data is relayed by Starlink satellite rather than fibre. Water is trucked in for dust control only, with no on-site wells.
Notes on the record
Sited in Sarcobatus Flat on the east side of US 95 at Scotty's Junction, near Death Valley National Park. The developer 'Tesla Solar LLC' has no affiliation with the vehicle manufacturer, per the source. Single-source, hence confidence 'reported'; 'permitted' reflects a preliminary development plan approval only, not a completed permit set. No MW figure is asserted, none was stated. Coordinate is the Scotty's Junction settlement, not a surveyed project boundary.
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
- 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.
- 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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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Sarcobatus Solar Project (off-grid bitcoin mining) data center in Scotty's Junction?
Nothing on record as of September 24, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Sarcobatus Solar Project (off-grid bitcoin mining) in Scotty's Junction, Nye County, Nevada 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 Sarcobatus Solar Project (off-grid bitcoin mining) data center?
No lawsuit over Sarcobatus Solar Project (off-grid bitcoin mining) appears in the record we track as of September 24, 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 Sarcobatus Solar Project (off-grid bitcoin mining) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Sarcobatus Solar Project (off-grid bitcoin mining) 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 Sarcobatus Solar Project (off-grid bitcoin mining), and how big is it?
Tesla Solar LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 800 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Sarcobatus Solar Project (off-grid bitcoin mining)," updated September 24, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/sarcobatus-solar-scottys-junction-nye-county-nv.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/sarcobatus-solar-scottys-junction-nye-county-nv, retrieved October 1, 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.New Threat to the Desert Unlocked: Solar-Powered Distributed Data Centers and Cryptomining · Basin and Range Watch · retrieved September 24, 2026
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