Spokane Mayor Forms Data Center Group During Permit Pause

Spokane mayor forms data center group during permit pause

SPOKANE, Wash. — Mayor Lisa Brown announced a new internal work group after the city adopted a one-year moratorium on new data center building permit applications.

City of Spokane launches internal data center work group

The group will consist of city employees from across several departments to evaluate the potential impacts of a data center in the region.

Hannibal City Council setting the record straight about data centers

HANNIBAL–The City of Hannibal released a statement Thursday night to correct rumors on social media about a data center. The statement acknowledges that over the past several months, city officials have received multiple unsolicited inquiries from companies that are interested in buying land to develop for a data center within the Hannibal city limits. City staff, Hannibal Board of Public Works (BPW) members and Hannibal Regional Economic Develo…

Commissioner Al French on data centers: ‘Spokane County is not closed for business’

If the data center industry has a friend in the Inland Northwest, it’s Al French, the county commissioner who’s spent decades building a reputation as a shrewd broker of big business development deals — and is arguably the most powerful politician in the county.“The word ‘moratorium’ … says ‘we are closed for business, thank you very much,’” French said during a Spokane County Board of Commissioners briefing on July 21, referring to a proposal t…