Greenville community mobilizes against crypto installation

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GREENVILLE, NC (WITN) – Members of the Greenville community and leaders of organizations met on Friday night to show their opposition to a cryptomining facility trying to gain a foothold in the city.

In October, residents of Pitt County in Belvoir spoke out against crypto company Compute North which is building a facility next to Belvoir Elementary School.

In November, Compute North withdrew its license application, but in a statement, we remain optimistic about approval to begin construction of a new data center in eastern North Carolina, which will benefit the local economy and the electricity grid.

On December 21, the City of Greenvilles Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend changes to the city code that would allow a modular data processing facility and a data processing center as two separate uses in the city where the facility could be located.

WITN spoke with community members today who said the company is trying to gain approval to set up a facility near the community of Brookhaven in Greenville. Complaints from residents of Greenville are similar to those from residents of Belvoir just a few months ago.

They say they don’t want the noise levels the facility would cause, and they fear the destruction they think it would have on the environment.

We want city council to vote no against the data mining company, said Don Cavellini, co-chair of the Pitt County Coalition Against Racism.

Compute North was kicked out of the county when they tried to do so next to Belvoir Elementary School. They lied and they still lie today about the impact on the community and we ask the city council to vote no.

Cavellini also told WITN that he is urging all members of the public to show up at the Greenville city council meeting on Thursday, Jan.13 to show their collective opposition to cryptomining when it is discussed.

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