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Simple Mining Cedar Falls (rezoning defeated)
Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa · All 3 Simple Mining sites
Simple Mining Cedar Falls (rezoning defeated) is a cancelled crypto mining site in Cedar Falls, Iowa (Black Hawk County), operated by Simple Mining. The public record puts it at announced March 2026, 38 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- Simple Mining
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, IA
- Coordinates
- 42.5347, -92.4453 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 38 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- March 2026
- 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
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to Simple Mining Cedar Falls (rezoning defeated) in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Cedar Falls City Council unanimously rejected the zoning-code changes needed for this project on 2026-05-18, after sustained resident opposition over noise, water, and energy-consumption concerns tied to a paired proposal (Cedar Falls Utilities' 'Viking Energy Center' natural-gas plant, not itself a Compute Atlas facility type).
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.
Cedar Falls City Council unanimously rejected the zoning-code changes needed for this project on 2026-05-18, after sustained resident opposition over noise, water, and energy-consumption concerns tied to a paired proposal (Cedar Falls Utilities' 'Viking Energy Center' natural-gas plant, not itself a Compute Atlas facility type).
Notes on the record
Proposed 38+ acre crypto-mining site near the West Viking Road Industrial Park, Cedar Falls, a SEPARATE, larger proposal from the company's existing operational Cedar Falls sites. DEFEATED: fits the site's opposition/'withdrawn or defeated' lens. Per the rules, capacityMw is omitted for cancelled records. Simple Mining CEO Adam Haynes argued for jobs/tax revenue and said water use would equal roughly 7 homes/year; residents and the council disagreed. Both sides indicated discussion may continue, so a revised proposal is plausible.
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 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.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.
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.
- Wahawk Power Data Center · Waterloo · Wahawk Power, LLC7 mi · Proposed · Contested
- MiningStore Grundy Center Facility · Grundy Center · MiningStore27 mi · Cancelled
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Simple Mining Cedar Falls (rezoning defeated) data center in Cedar Falls?
Yes. Organized local opposition to Simple Mining Cedar Falls (rezoning defeated) in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Cedar Falls City Council unanimously rejected the zoning-code changes needed for this project on 2026-05-18, after sustained resident opposition over noise, water, and energy-consumption concerns tied to a paired proposal (Cedar Falls Utilities' 'Viking Energy Center' natural-gas plant, not itself a Compute Atlas facility type).
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Simple Mining Cedar Falls (rezoning defeated) data center?
No lawsuit over Simple Mining Cedar Falls (rezoning defeated) appears in the record we track as of August 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 Simple Mining Cedar Falls (rezoning defeated) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Simple Mining Cedar Falls (rezoning defeated) 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 Simple Mining Cedar Falls (rezoning defeated), and how big is it?
Simple Mining is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 38 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Simple Mining Cedar Falls (rezoning defeated)," updated August 8, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/simple-mining-cedar-falls-ia.
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/simple-mining-cedar-falls-ia, 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.Cedar Falls residents object to proposed crypto mining site at rezoning meeting · Iowa Public Radio · retrieved August 8, 2026
- 2.Cedar Falls unanimously rejects cryptocurrency mining ordinance changes, discussion expected to continue · KCRG · retrieved August 8, 2026
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