Bitcoin Data Center Proposed In Jersey County, No Progress Reported

JERSEYVILLE – Development of a data center south of Jerseyville is not yet moving forward at this time.

MJM Electric Cooperative owns 15 acres of land between U.S. Highway 67 and Van Horn Lane south of Jerseyville and are currently in the process of selling seven acres to the company “Something New.” The company applied for a commercial building permit from the county’s Code Administration office to build a small-scale Bitcoin data center on on the site.

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County Board Chairman Mark Wagner said as of Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, the land transfer has not been completed and no commercial building permit has been issued.

Unlike a traditional data center used to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing services, a Bitcoin data center is solely used to “mine,” or generate, cryptocurrency. Crypto mines do this by verifying Bitcoin transactions around the clock, with each verification generating more coins in an energy-intensive process.

Wagner said the company has not provided any information about the possible impact the data center would have on local electric bills, but said certain assurances were made about the facility’s power usage.