A majority of residents in McLaws, Kansas have reportedly criticized the possible construction of a cryptocurrency data center about a mile and a half north of the town. Their main concerns were that the facility would damage the local environment and be very noisy.
According to recent reports, many residents of the small town of McLaws expressed displeasure at the possibility of building a cryptocurrency data processing center on top of a nearby natural gas field. Town native Paul Nissen explains the location in detail: "What I'm hearing is that it's coming to our area, about a mile and a half north of where we are now. They're going to supply their own generators to power it. The generators are going to be powered by natural gas, and they're going to drawn from natural gas storage.”
He also warned that the facility could be very noisy and would burn the area's energy reserves, causing pollution.
On the other hand, Roger Dahlby, the engineer who built the data center with the Crypto Colo Center, assured that it will be a source of renewable energy. He further believes the company will provide jobs to the town, which has a population of just under 900.
Despite these benefits, most people are still against the idea. Another McLaws resident, Edith Williams, said she recently settled in the area and likes it as it is. She vowed to do everything in her power to keep cryptocurrency miners away from her home.
City council is yet to convene and authorities will discuss the various problems the facility could pose to locals and whether to approve its start-up. People from Murphy, North Carolina, recently complained that cryptocurrency miners located near their town made such a "crazy" noise that some relocated. Mike Lugiewicz is one of those who haven't moved yet but are considering doing so: “This morning it’s running at about 85 decibels. It sounds and feels like you’re behind a jet sitting on the tarmac, and that jet never leaves, or imagine being inside of Niagara Falls and not being able to get rid of the noise ever like your house is dead center of Niagara Falls.”
He said the miner had damaged the domestic power grid, too, leaving the community without electricity over the Christmas holidays.
Lugiewicz raised hopes that the local authorities remove the facility because many of Murphy’s residents are elderly people and unable to leave their hometown.
