This is the last of three articles about Michigan communities organizing to stop the construction of energy-intensive computing facilities.

A log cabin building surrounded by forest in the expansive wilderness of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula houses the Lake Superior Academy , a school focused on environmental education for its K-5 students.

The Dafter Township property was an ideal setting for its programming, until March, when a bitcoin mining operation came online directly across the street. The mine’s loud, steady hum forced students indoors and disrupted their education, school officials reported. Birds the students once tracked even seemed to be driven off by the din.

“Prior to the bitcoin mine moving in, it was just a beautiful spot for learning,” the school’s director, Susie Schleh

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