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Mawson Sharon Bitcoin Mine

City of Sharon, Mercer County

Mawson Infrastructure Group broke ground in 2023 on a 120 megawatt Bitcoin mine at 201 Clark Street in Sharon, Mercer County, but its landlord ended the lease in February 2024 before the site operated, and the property is now Keel Infrastructure's Sharon data center project.

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At a glance

The project by the numbers

StatusRestructured
Capacity120 MW
First announced2022-09-09
Target online2024

Mawson's planned 120 megawatt Bitcoin mine in Sharon never ran, and the site is now Keel's

The number that mattersMawson said in February 2023 that the Sharon site could eventually hold up to 35,280 Bitcoin mining machines, but its annual report a year later called Sharon a non-operating site.
Developer
Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc., through its subsidiary Luna Squares Property LLC. Mawson renamed itself Big Digital Energy, Inc. in April 2026. Liam Wilson, then Mawson's chief operating officer, led the 2023 groundbreaking and is now chief operating officer of Keel Infrastructure.
Tenant
There's no tenant, since Mawson never operated the site. It had planned to split the space between mining for itself and hosting other companies' mining machines.
Current stage
Mawson's project ended when its landlord, Vertua Property, Inc., terminated the lease on February 2, 2024. Mawson moved out by March 2024, and Bitfarms (now Keel Infrastructure) leased and later bought the property. Mawson's lawsuit seeking to reinstate the lease was still pending in the Mercer County Court of Common Pleas as of August 14, 2026. Current activity at the site is tracked under the Keel Infrastructure Sharon entry.
Decision body
No municipal decision is pending for Mawson. The lease dispute is before the Mercer County Court of Common Pleas (case No. 2024-2332). Approvals for the site's current data center plan sit with the City of Sharon and the state Department of Environmental Protection under the Keel entry.
Top issues
Whether the project would ever be built, the dispute with the landlord, and the site's later takeover by another company.
Key opponents
No organized opposition to Mawson's plan was reported.
Key supporters
No public supporters are on record beyond the company itself, which promoted the 2023 groundbreaking.

How we got here

Mawson's subsidiary Luna Squares Property LLC leased the Sharon property from Vertua Property, Inc. on March 16, 2022. In September 2022 Mawson said it would focus its growth on its Midland and Sharon sites in Pennsylvania, and in February 2023 it broke ground on a planned 120 megawatt Bitcoin mine at 201 Clark Street, with a first 12 megawatt stage set for spring 2023. The landlord terminated the lease on February 2, 2024 and Mawson moved out by March 2024 without having operated the site. Bitfarms took control of the property in August 2024. Mawson filed a lis pendens on September 6, 2024 and sued Vertua on October 17, 2024 seeking to reinstate the lease. Mawson renamed itself Big Digital Energy, Inc. on April 24, 2026, and its August 2026 quarterly report says the case remains ongoing.

Timeline

How it has unfolded

Legal record

Filings and legal actions

  • 2024-10-17
    Civil lawsuit (breach of lease, wrongful termination, tortious interference) and lis pendens Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County · 2024-2332

    Mawson's subsidiary seeks reinstatement of its Sharon lease, compensatory and punitive damages and costs. Mawson's filings say the landlord is related to a former Mawson insider. A lis pendens was filed September 6, 2024.

    Luna Squares Property, LLC v. Vertua Property, Inc. · Ongoing as of August 14, 2026
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In Pennsylvania, the local zoning ordinance sets the route. A conditional use is decided by the elected governing body (supervisors, commissioners or council). A special exception or variance, and an appeal of a zoning officer’s decision, go to the Zoning Hearing Board. Each is a public hearing on a record: affected neighbors can ask for party status, cross-examine witnesses, and appeal. Municipalities can also adopt data center ordinances with enforceable standards.

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