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WestBlock Capital Bitcoin Mine (Shiprock)

Shiprock, San Juan County, New Mexico

CancelledContestedRecord updated September 15, 2026

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, 1.3 acres. 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: 7 MW operating; 15 MW planned
Land: 1.3 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: 2018
Utility: Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA)
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.

Power and water

Powered by NTUA on a five-year land lease. The utility's supply mix at the time was reported as roughly 60% renewable, drawn from solar, hydroelectric, nuclear and natural gas. Reported tribal revenue was about $48,000 in utility tax over three years and about $60,000 in land lease payments over five years.

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 about 7 MW from a 15 MW NTUA substation load that had been sitting unused; NTUA sold the underutilized capacity near-at-cost. In November 2021 Vice reported a plan to double the power purchase to 15 MW by January 2022, and CoinDesk reported that ground had been broken that year on an extension to 15 MW; as of October 2026, among the cited sources, none confirms the expansion was completed. 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 OTC Markets / Luxxfolio filings (not independently confirmed from the filing pages as of August 2026, when otcmarkets.com and gem.wiki could not be retrieved), 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). As of August 2026, the closure date and details are reported but not confirmed against 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

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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the WestBlock Capital Bitcoin Mine (Shiprock) in Shiprock?

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 September 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 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. The site is recorded at 1.3 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "WestBlock Capital Bitcoin Mine (Shiprock)," updated September 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/westblock-shiprock-nm.

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/westblock-shiprock-nm, 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.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 September 15, 2026
3.Why Shouldn't the Navajo Mine Bitcoin? · CoinDesk · retrieved August 5, 2026

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