Applicant proposes cryptocurrency mining farm at old Tenneco plant; city council responds with moratorium

  • Pictured above is the vacant former Tenneco plant along McIntyre Street, the recently-proposed site of a cryptocurrency mining farm.
    Pictured above is the vacant former Tenneco plant along McIntyre Street, the recently-proposed site of a cryptocurrency mining farm.

    On June 6, the Hartwell City Council heard a business proposal to establish a cryptocurrency mining farm at the old Tenneco plant in Hartwell. Council reacted by placing a 90-day moratorium on crypto-…