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Ballston Town City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XXXVI

Cryptocurrency/Data Mining

[Added 11-12-2025 by L.L. No. 3-2025]

§ 138-170 Cryptocurrency/data mining.

A. 
Definitions.
COMMERCIAL CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING
The commercial process by which cryptocurrency transactions are verified and added to the public ledger, known as the block chain, and also the means through which new units of cryptocurrencies are released, through the use of server installation or collection system employing data processing equipment. For purposes of this definition, any equipment which requires a high-density load service, or any server installation or collection system, will presumably be a commercial cryptocurrency mining operation.
CRYPTOCURRENCY
Digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds, operating independently of a central bank.
DATA MINING
The process of using multiple computers to store or warehouse data, discover patterns in large data sets involving methods that are applied to extract data patterns, and transform it into an understandable structure for further use. For purposes of this definition, any equipment which requires a high-density load service, or any server installation or collection system, will presumably be a commercial data mining operation.
HIGH DENSITY LOAD SERVICE
The provision of electrical service where the requested load density, in the portion of the premises containing the load consuming equipment exceeds 250 kWh/ft2/year.
SERVER COLLECTION SYSTEM OR INSTALLATION
Three or more interconnected computers housed together in a single facility whose primary function is to perform cryptocurrency mining, data mining or associated data processing.
B. 
Restrictions. No commercial cryptocurrency mining, data mining, high density load service, or server installation or collection system operation is permitted within the Town of Ballston in any zoning district.
C. 
Penalties. Any firm, person, corporation or other entity that shall establish, place, construct, erect or in any way site or locate an operation herein described in violation of this article, shall be subject to the same enforcement requirements, including the civil and/or criminal penalties, provided for in the Town Code and/or regulations.