Data Center Registry
WestBlock Capital Bitcoin Mine (Shiprock)
Shiprock, San Juan County, New Mexico
WestBlock Capital Bitcoin Mine (Shiprock) is a cancelled crypto mining site in Shiprock, New Mexico (San Juan County), operated by WestBlock Capital. The public record puts it at announced 2018, 15 MW planned. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- WestBlock Capital
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Shiprock, San Juan County, NM
- Coordinates
- 36.7867, -108.6866 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 15 MW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- 2018
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- 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
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. WestBlock Capital Bitcoin Mine (Shiprock) in Shiprock, San Juan County, New Mexico is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
Notes on the record
WestBlock Capital (Calgary, AB) began mining bitcoin near Shiprock, San Juan County, NM in 2018/2019 on Navajo Nation land, drawing from a 7 MW (later 15 MW, expanded by Jan 2022) NTUA substation load that had been sitting unused; NTUA sold the underutilized capacity near-at-cost. Company was acquired by Luxxfolio Holdings Inc. (2021). Framed by Vice/Coindesk (Nov 2021) as 'financial/monetary colonialism', Navajo community reaction was contested, citing residents without electricity/running water near a mine paying ~$48K tax + ~$60K land-lease revenue over the prior several years. STATUS: per WebSearch-surfaced OTC Markets / Luxxfolio filings (not independently page-verified this session, direct fetch attempts to otcmarkets.com and gem.wiki both failed, timeout/403), WestBlock LLC idled operations around 2022-11-23 and went non-operating by 2022-11-30 following an NTUA access restriction tied to non-payment and a default notice (~$1.155M). Treat the closure date/details as reported-not-confirmed pending a direct read of the primary filing; the site's existence, location, and 2018-2022 operating history ARE independently confirmed via Futurism/Vice/Coindesk.
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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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the WestBlock Capital Bitcoin Mine (Shiprock) in Shiprock?
Yes. WestBlock Capital Bitcoin Mine (Shiprock) in Shiprock, San Juan County, New Mexico is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the WestBlock Capital Bitcoin Mine (Shiprock)?
No lawsuit over WestBlock Capital Bitcoin Mine (Shiprock) appears in the record we track as of August 16, 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 WestBlock Capital Bitcoin Mine (Shiprock) use?
No water withdrawal figure for WestBlock Capital Bitcoin Mine (Shiprock) 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 WestBlock Capital Bitcoin Mine (Shiprock), and how big is it?
WestBlock Capital is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 15 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "WestBlock Capital Bitcoin Mine (Shiprock)," updated August 16, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/westblock-shiprock-nm.
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/westblock-shiprock-nm, 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.Startup Criticized for Bitcoin Mine in Impoverished Navajo Community · Futurism · retrieved August 5, 2026
- 2.'Financial Colonialism': A Bitcoin Mine in Navajo Nation Flares Tensions · Vice · retrieved August 5, 2026
- 3.Why Shouldn't the Navajo Mine Bitcoin? · CoinDesk · retrieved August 5, 2026
- 4.'Financial Colonialism': A Bitcoin Mine in Navajo Nation Flares Tensions · Vice · retrieved August 16, 2026
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