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Residents in the small town of Granbury are raising alarms over noise from a local Bitcoin mine, while state lawmakers warn about the risks to the grid. GRANBURY, TEXAS — Cheryl Shadden cannot sleep. The 61-year-old nurse, who works at hospitals giving patients anesthesia, says she’s kept up at night by the nonstop mechanical whir of fans spinning to cool tens of thousands of computers.

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