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A giant bitcoin mine moved in next door, then residents started getting sick

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May 12, 2025

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Republican Governor Greg Abbott said Texas “wears the crown as the bitcoin mining capital of the world.” But in small towns like Granbury, working-class residents living next to giant data centers are the ones paying the price for Texas’s crypto boom. TRNN speaks with Granbury resident Cheryl Shadden, who lives across the street from a 300-megawatt bitcoin mine owned by Marathon Digital.

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