Overview
- Federal, naval and state police dismantled a remote facility in Tlaola, Puebla, removing about 300 GPUs, roughly 80 medium‑voltage terminations, a transformer and satellite antennas that sustained large computing and communications needs.
- Authorities are probing whether the site drew power illegally from infrastructure near the Nuevo Necaxa hydroelectric dam, because the farm’s high electricity use and loud mechanical noise first alerted local residents and officials.
- Investigators have not publicly identified an operator, the cryptocurrency mined, any mining‑pool or wallet addresses, arrests or charges, and forensic work on the seized machines and records is ongoing to establish output and ownership.
- The Tlaola raid is the fourth similar crypto farm found near the dam since early 2025, a pattern that has prompted coordinated searches in the region for more hidden operations and suspected energy theft.
- Analysts say stolen or subsidized electricity can make mining profitable for criminal operators and that blockchain traces, power‑use records, satellite or internet subscriber data and exchange records will be needed to link any mined coins to laundering or cartel finance.