北德克萨斯州比特币矿场运营商因 12 项噪音指控被判无罪

非法人胡德县一家比特币矿场和数据中心的工厂经理因 12 项噪音违规罪名被判无罪。

The operator of a bitcoin mine and data center in Hood County, Texas, has been found not guilty on 12 counts of noise violations.

德克萨斯州胡德县一家比特币矿场和数据中心的运营商因 12 项噪音违规罪名被判无罪。

Defendant David Fischer, plant manager for Marathon Digital, was found not guilty by a jury on Tuesday.

周二，陪审团裁定马拉松数字公司工厂经理被告大卫·费舍尔无罪。

The Hood County attorney who represented the residents and presented the noise citations said he was "disappointed for the victims in the case."

代表居民并提出噪音罚单的胡德县检察官表示，他“对该案的受害者感到失望”。

“The feedback I received from jurors is they believed it was an unreasonable noise. However, they had trouble connecting it with the individual defendant, David Fischer,” said Hood County Attorney Matt Mills.

“我从陪审员那里收到的反馈是，他们认为这是一种不合理的噪音。然而，他们很难将其与个人被告大卫·费舍尔联系起来，”胡德县检察官马特·米尔斯说。

“Testimony was that he was the plant manager. But the jury’s questions revolved around how much control did he have over operations, and how much he could alleviate the noise problems.”

“证词显示他是工厂经理。但陪审团的问题围绕着他对运营有多少控制权，以及他能在多大程度上缓解噪音问题。”

The case began with noise citations written by Hood County Constable John Shirley, who recorded several readings above 85 decibels over the past few months. This is the state threshold for which noise is considered unreasonable.

此案始于胡德县警员 John Shirley 撰写的噪音传票，他在过去几个月记录了多次超过 85 分贝的噪音读数。这是噪声被认为不合理的状态阈值。

The case centered around citations addressed specifically to Fisher, not Marathon Digital.

该案件主要针对费舍尔而非 Marathon Digital 的引文。

Residents have complained about increased health issues due to the mine’s nonstop noise and expressed concerns about the operation's impact on the state power grid and the environment.

居民抱怨矿井不间断的噪音导致健康问题增加，并对矿井作业对国家电网和环境的影响表示担忧。

Fort Worth-based law firm Gill & Brissette represented Marathon Digital and David Fischer in the case. The firm did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the verdict but notified a Star-Telegram reporter of the verdict Tuesday afternoon.

沃思堡律师事务所 Gill & Brissette 在此案中代表 Marathon Digital 和 David Fischer。该公司没有立即回应对判决发表评论的请求，但周二下午将判决通知了《星电报》记者。

Representatives for Marathon Digital were not immediately available for comment. The company said in a previous interview that it was working to make the operation quieter and that it was the least remote bitcoin operation it has in Texas.

未能立即联系到 Marathon Digital 的代表发表评论。该公司在之前的一次采访中表示，它正在努力让操作更加安静，并且这是德克萨斯州最不偏远的比特币操作。

Staff Writer James Hartley contributed to this report

特约撰稿人詹姆斯·哈特利为本报告做出了贡献