Evotech representatives told the Bourbon County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 10 that the company is running a small Bitcoin‑mining operation from shipping‑container units at a former transfer station and that the computers and cooling fans are powered by a generator on site, not by the county electric grid.

"The actual computers and fans are running off the generator on‑site, which they're using natural gas to power," Adam Couch, identified in the meeting as one of Evolution Technology's owners, said during a detailed presentation about how the facility operates. Counsel Ty Patton described the business as a containerized operation that keeps the site largely self‑contained and distinguished it from large, water‑cooled data centers.

Neighbors responding during public comment said noise from the site continues to be a serious quality‑of‑life problem. "It's louder than what it was," one resident told the commission, recounting readings taken at his porch and property line. Residents and several commissioners pressed Evotech on decibel measurements, placement of noise‑mitigation fences and the effect of weather and building reflections on sound.

Evotech and local law enforcement have taken measurements, the company said. Representatives cited sheriff's readings that ranged from roughly mid‑50s to the mid‑70s decibels at the entryway, with occasional peaks in the upper‑70s depending on temperature and atmospheric conditions. Adam Couch said the company had already installed taller sound fences and exhaust redirections and estimated further mitigation work could run in the tens of thousands: "somewhere in the $75,000 to $100,000 range of additional investment," he said.

Residents asked for clearer deadlines and enforcement mechanisms. Commissioner Samuel Tran said the county will take complaints seriously and promised to act within the law: "I will do everything within my powers ... to protect the people of this county in accordance to the law," he said, while noting the county's authority is constrained by state regulatory oversight and the zoning process.

County staff and commissioners emphasized two jurisdictional limits: the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) regulates well and pipeline operations and had inspected the site, and local zoning and conditional‑use processes could affect long‑term land‑use rules. Evotech representatives said the well‑operation and extraction activities are unchanged by its on‑site consumption and that KCC has visited and signed off on relevant gas‑production aspects.

The commission did not vote on enforcement or permit revocation at Wednesday's meeting. Commissioners asked staff to continue collecting measurements, requested a short, written mitigation timeline from Evotech, and asked the sheriff's office to keep field readings and reports on record. Evotech said it would return to the commission with additional options and a proposed timeline for further noise reduction work.