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Okla. (KFOR) – Since the discovery of a small-scale data center, used for <a href="https://xpertsstudio.com/james-wynn-147k-bitcoin-long-liquidated/” title=”James Wynn: $147K Bitcoin Long Liquidated”>Bitcoin mining, riddled with code violations and missing permits, El Reno city officials admit they failed to follow up with the property owners for years as they continued operating
“If the stop work order was in 2023, why didn’t we follow? Because we we failed,” Ken Brown, the Interim El Reno City Manager, said. “The assumption was that people would respect the stop work order,” Brown added.
Over three million gallons of water were lost because of the leak, but the water levels have now returned to normal.
Massive water leak exposes El Reno Bitcoin mining site operated unlawfully for years
“Our water supply is safe, and we’re full; our tanks are full,” Steve Jensen, the Mayor of El Reno, said.
Both Brown and Jensen say the property owners, Athlon Blockchain Technology LLC., will be responsible for the bill.
“We will bill the property owner for that and any the costs associated with overtime, labor, whatever; we’ll be able to, to bill the property owner,” Jensen explained.
In the meantime, the property is condemned, and no one is supposed to be on site past 5 pm.
Jensen says, “It’s not like somebody that rents a property; they’re just going to leave you overnight. And good luck finding us. We’ll use whatever means have to be used to collect the money.”
Not only is the city actively working to get payment for the costly ordeal, but they say they’re working to prevent something like this from happening again.
“There were some errors that we made through this. We’ve learned some things about ourselves as well,” Brown said.
Despite efforts to contact Athlon BT, News 4 has not received a response.
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