New Bitcoin Mining Facility In New Zealand Faces Local Protests

Last updated: June 9, 2025, 08:26

New Bitcoin Mining Facility In New Zealand Faces Local Protests

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Beincrypto: Locals in New Zealand Town Protest Against New

The construction of a new data center by Contact Energy – Lake Parime, near Clyde Dam in Central Otago New Zealand, hasn’t gone down well with the locals. It has

A New hydropowered data center in New Zealand has raised concerns from locals. Some objections address the lack of local benefits of the project. Contact Energy assures residents

The new construction has stirred

New Bitcoin Mining Facility in New Zealand Faces Local Protests

The new construction has stirred fear among locals that cryptocurrency’s energy-intensive mining will be the project’s primary purpose, effectively exporting local

New Zealanders protest construction of new crypto mining facility

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This means (on average) no bitcoin mining and a desperate need to add additional network capacity. Once capacity is added, say in the form of a nuclear plant, then again there is excess

Locals in New Zealand Town Protest Against New Mining Facility

2MW of Bitcoin mining to be performed beside Southland power

Locals near Clyde Dam in

New Zealand Nationals Comes Out For Protest Against Latest

Locals near Clyde Dam in Central Otago, New Zealand, decry the construction of a new data center by Contact Energy in partnership with Lake Parime, a UK

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JUST IN: Locals in Otago, New Zealand, are protesting against the construction of a new Bitcoin mining center near Lake Parime. Locals are concerned that the

New Zealand nationals residing near

New Zealand nationals residing near Clyde Dam in Central Otago, are not embracing the construction of the latest data center by Contact Energy in collaboration with