Noisy crypto mine 'deceived' locals in Arkansas town
Residents of a lakeside town in Arkansas aren’t impressed with a new crypto mine that emits intense noise pollution — and some say that it misled locals into believing it would be a data center that would boost jobs and the town’s economy. A few months ago, residents of Mountain Pine in Garland County were upset to learn that the constant humming noises emitted from the newly-opened crypto mine were there to stay. “It’s just freaking loud. High-pitched fans, that’s what you hear,” said a local, who lives across the street, to ABC7. Some residents say noise from the fans can be heard four to five miles away. “We’re worrying about property values going down because of it,” one resident said. Another Mountain Pine local , who lives over a mile away, told reporters that they had been deceived . “Everybody on the city council believed that it was going to be like a data processing center and that it wasn’t going to affect the people,...