{
  "id": 757320,
  "title": "Alabama residents left powerless to stop massive Bitcoin mining data center despite county and town moratoriums — hole in state zoning laws lets facility through",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/alabama-residents-left-powerless-to-stop-massive-bitcoin-mining-data",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-13T10:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/alabama-residents-left-powerless-to-stop-massive-bitcoin-mining-data-center-despite-county-and-town-moratoriums-hole-in-state-zoning-laws-lets-facility-through"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Alabama residents left powerless to stop 50 MW Bitcoin mining facility despite county and town moratoriums thanks to the state's lack of appropriate zoning laws.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "Bitcoin keeps traders guessing near $64K as stocks gain on cool US PPI data",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/bitcoin-keeps-traders-guessing-near-64k-as-stocks-gain-on-cool-us-ppi",
        "published": "2026-08-13T15:07:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}