Spokane County Commissioners to Vote on Data Center Moratorium Tuesday

Spokane County Commissioners to vote on data center moratorium Tuesday

Two commissioners proposed a temporary ban on data centers in Spokane County, but not all the commissioners are on board.

Calvert County considers 6-month data center moratorium after Amazon pullout

The Calvert county board of commissioners hearing room is packed to standing room only ahead of hearing on a 6 month data center moratorium.last week we did a s

County Commission wants to create zoning for data centers as constituents ask for a moratorium

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Mount Vernon, Washington just passed a six-month data center moratorium on a 6-1 vote, freezing permits before a single project has been proposed and joining Skagit County, La Conner, Seattle, and Spokane in a preemptive regional lockout

The Direct Message Tension: Mount Vernon paused data center permits before receiving a single application, betting that six months is enough to write rules the city does not yet have, while a dissenting council member warned that demand could move to jurisdictions with fewer protections. Noise: The easy framing is that this is either anti-tech obstruction or a permanent stand against data centers. What the council adopted was a temporary land-us…