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Simple Mining Osage (Mitchell County) Bitcoin Mine Proposal

Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa · All 5 Simple Mining sites

CancelledOpposedRecord updated October 28, 2026

Simple Mining Osage (Mitchell County) Bitcoin Mine Proposal is a cancelled crypto mining site in Osage, Iowa (Mitchell County), operated by Simple Mining. The public record puts it at 12 MW planned. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Cancelled

Operator: Simple Mining
Facility type: Crypto mining
Location: Osage, Mitchell County, IA
Coordinates: 43.2841, -92.8110 (approximate)
Power capacity: 12 MW planned
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: 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.

June 2025
Cancelled
The board rejected the reintroduced plan unanimously. The month comes from the article's image metadata. Source: KAAL
October 29, 2024
Proposed
The board tabled the proposal for a site south of the substation near Valent until the county drafts a noise ordinance. Source: KIMT

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Simple Mining Osage (Mitchell County) Bitcoin Mine Proposal in Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Nearly 330 signatures opposed the project.

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.

Nearly 330 signatures opposed the project. The Mitchell County Board of Adjustment rejected the revised plan unanimously.

Source: KAAL

Notes on the record

About 12 MW proposed near Osage. The rejection article is undated; June 2025 comes from its image upload path.

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.

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

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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Simple Mining Osage (Mitchell County) Bitcoin Mine Proposal in Osage?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Simple Mining Osage (Mitchell County) Bitcoin Mine Proposal?

No lawsuit over Simple Mining Osage (Mitchell County) Bitcoin Mine Proposal appears in the record we track as of October 28, 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 Osage (Mitchell County) Bitcoin Mine Proposal use?

No water withdrawal figure for Simple Mining Osage (Mitchell County) Bitcoin Mine Proposal 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 Osage (Mitchell County) Bitcoin Mine Proposal, and how big is it?

Simple Mining is the operator on record. We hold 5 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 12 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Simple Mining Osage (Mitchell County) Bitcoin Mine Proposal," updated October 28, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/simple-mining-osage-mitchell-ia.

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/simple-mining-osage-mitchell-ia, 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.Board tables talks of bitcoin mining facility · KIMT · retrieved October 28, 2026
2.Proposed Bitcoin mining facility in Osage has community revisiting concerns · KAAL · retrieved October 28, 2026
3.Mitchell County Board of Adjustment rejects plan for proposed Bitcoin mine · KAAL · retrieved October 28, 2026

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