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Data centers in Washington: 19 projects mapped
Most of Washington's data centers are in Quincy, in Grant County, where Microsoft, Sabey, Vantage, H5, CyrusOne, NTT Data and Oath run data centers. The next big one is Amazon Web Services' planned campus on 554 acres at the Port of Walla Walla's Wallula Gap Business Park; in June, Walla Walla County found Amazon's application incomplete. Across the state, at least 15 cities and counties have paused new data centers while they write rules.
Quincy depends on them: data centers pay 57% of all the taxes the town collects, state Rep. Alex Ybarra said, and they used 37% of Grant County PUD's power generation. In Spokane, Avista Utilities paused talks with an unnamed 500-megawatt customer in June after a flood of public comment; that one customer would need about half the power used by every home and business in Spokane County.
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Seattle's council unanimously passed a one-year moratorium on June 9, and Spokane followed with its own, approved 6-1. Spokane County commissioners, after weeks of criticism, unanimously approved a four-month pause on August 18. In Kittitas County, Cle Elum passed a six-month moratorium on July 31 over Blue Fern Development's proposed 20-megawatt, $200 million data center, and the county followed on August 10; officials warned the Blue Fern project may still go ahead under an older development agreement. Skagit, Yakima, Snohomish and Skamania counties have also paused, while Klickitat County chose to write a policy instead.
State lawmakers this year repealed the sales tax break on replacement servers at data centers, while a broader bill to regulate them failed in the Senate. Spokane County's pause runs to mid-December unless commissioners extend it.
11 counties with tracked projects
Only places with at least one project have a page.
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Moratoriums and bans in effect
Places in Washington that have paused or banned new data centers.
| Place | Type | Started | Ends | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spokane County | Moratorium | Aug 18, 2026 | Dec 15, 2026 | Record off site ↗ |
| Mount VernonTown or city | Moratorium | Aug 14, 2026 | Feb 14, 2027 | Record off site ↗ |
| Yakima County | Moratorium | Aug 11, 2026 | Feb 11, 2027 | Record off site ↗ |
| Kittitas County | Moratorium | Aug 10, 2026 | Feb 10, 2027 | Record off site ↗ |
| Skamania County | Moratorium | Aug 2026 | No end date | Record off site ↗ |
| Cle ElumTown or city | Moratorium | Jul 31, 2026 | Jan 31, 2027 | Record off site ↗ |
| La ConnerTown or city | Moratorium | Jul 29, 2026 | Jan 29, 2027 | Record off site ↗ |
| PascoTown or city | Moratorium | Jul 21, 2026 | Jan 21, 2027 | Record off site ↗ |
| MarysvilleTown or city | Moratorium | Jul 13, 2026 | Jan 13, 2027 | Record off site ↗ |
| Federal WayTown or city | Moratorium | Jul 8, 2026 | Jul 8, 2027 | Record off site ↗ |
| BurienTown or city | Moratorium | Jun 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2027 | Record off site ↗ |
| Snohomish County | Moratorium | Jun 25, 2026 | Dec 25, 2026 | Record off site ↗ |
| SpokaneTown or city | Moratorium | Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 23, 2027 | Record off site ↗ |
| ArlingtonTown or city | Ban | Jun 15, 2026 | No end date | Record off site ↗ |
| SeattleTown or city | Moratorium | Jun 9, 2026 | Jun 9, 2027 | Record off site ↗ |
| Skagit County | Moratorium | Jun 1, 2026 | Dec 1, 2026 | Record off site ↗ |
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