Anyone who’s watched a major television event in recent days, browsed the Internet or read the national news can appreciate that blockchain technology and bitcoin are the hottest trends going in the global economy. (Even Walmart jumped on the cryptocurrency bandwagon with some December 30 trademark registrations.)
In Dickens County, Argo Blockchain’s keeping pace with its ambitious plans to build, outfit and staff the Helios bitcoin mining facility it announced only three months ago.
Construction of the 125,000-square-foot plant in the northern part of the county, as The Texas Spur reported last week, is on track with its projections.
“Construction of Argo’s facility remains on time and the main structure, outside facade and roof have now been completed,” said Argo CEO Peter Wall. “The next phase of construction and build-out of essential infrastructure is still ongoing, with a projected completion date in the first half of 2022.”
But Argo has also kept to its promised timetable for hiring locally, as well. Despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, interviews have been conducted over Zoom, offers have been made and accepted, and the onboarding process has begun.
“To date, we’ve completed 75% of the hiring within Dickens County,” said Wall.
The firm had pledged 20 lo-cal jobs, and although Wall declined to provide names and job titles of local hires at this time, word is filtering through the community via social media and word of mouth.
“Our team has really enjoyed meeting the people of Dickens County over Zoom, and has been very impressed by the skillset we found in Dickens County,” Wall added.
Theodore Papadakis, Argo’s VP of Data Center Operations, who has been involved in the hiring process, said, “We are very happy with the team we’ve built so far and the high caliber of talent we’ve found in Dickens County. We’re continuing to build out a strong team from all walks of life who are passionate about what Argo is doing. We are excited to start seeing the culture of the town represented within the Argo Team.”
The firm is still looking for more data center techs and security guards and has recently added new postings on its hiring website for a facility cooling engineer and a facility electrical engineer. Details and application link can be found at www.argohiring.com.
Additionally, Wall told The Texas Spur that as the Argo team increases its on-site time in Dickens County in the coming months, they are actively looking for local real estate rentals or a potential house purchase for working and visiting staff.
All of this should add up to a significant boost to local business. “We are working with local suppliers and vendors, and shopping locally whenever possible,” Wall said.
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