NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. — A new class action lawsuit seeks to hold DigiPowerX accountable for a number of issues allegedly plaguing residents that live near its North Tonawanda cryptocurrency mining plant.
Chief among them, legal firm Weitz & Luxenberg claims, is what it calls a “relentless onslaught” of noise pollution from the Erie Avenue facility. The firm alleges the company, formerly named Digithost, has failed to address years of complaints.
Cryptocurrency mining, the way new digital currency is created, is an energy-intensive process, often requiring millions of dollars in computer equipment that can run hot and require cooling solutions like industrial-grade, continuously-running fans. Those fans, the law firm claims, run at all hours of the day and produce low-frequency tones that, while not always audible to the ear, can create vibrations felt in the body…