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Grand Island council approves land lease for interruptible digital infrastructure site
Summary
The City Council approved a 20-year land lease and related terms to host a 100% interruptible digital infrastructure facility (commonly used for cryptocurrency mining) near a substation the city says can accept the load; lease revenue and technical limits were detailed and the measure passed unanimously.
The Grand Island City Council voted to approve a 20-year land lease this week allowing a private digital infrastructure operator to locate a high‑consumption computing facility on city property near an existing substation.
City staff said the site is uniquely sited next to a substation with available capacity from a recent 10‑megawatt solar installation and that the operator would be required to be “100% interruptible,” meaning the city could force the facility offline if it would otherwise change the city’s generation capacity requirements. The council approved the related resolution (2025‑299) after discussion and public comment.
City presenter Ryan Schmitz described the technical and…
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