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Washington Data Center Investment Tracker

Name: Washington Data Center Investment and Capital-at-Risk Record
Creator: SAVRN
Published: 2026-08-24
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Washington carries 9 named site commitments, set against 22 projects blocked, delayed or restricted, 21 of them moratoria or delays, as of October 8, 2026.

Updated October 8, 2026 9 named sites 22 blocked, delayed or restricted 0 financing transactions 35 sources

Washington

8 capital providers on record

Named sites

Site-level commitments the atlas records in Washington

Disclosed capital floor

n.a.

Sum of sites with a stated dollar figure. Sites without one are listed, not counted

Disclosed capacity

453 MW

Sum of sites with a stated megawatt figure

Blocked, delayed or restricted

$200M of announced capital in those projects

Who is investing

Who is investing in data centers in Washington?

The named commitments in Washington carry no disclosed dollar figure yet. The record is Voltage Park, Digital Realty Trust, Equinix, Microsoft (Azure), Sabey Data Centers, Vantage Data Centers.

Voltage Park 2 sites Digital Realty Trust 1 site Equinix 1 site Microsoft (Azure) 1 site Sabey Data Centers 1 site Vantage Data Centers 1 site

Named sites

Named data center sites in Washington

Each row is one site-level commitment with its capital provider, the figure the source states, and the status the source gives it. Capital is shown as one compact figure; the verbatim wording is in the row's sources.

Site	Capital provider	Place	Capital	MW	Status
Merkle Standard data center, former Ponderay Newsprint papermill PUD discussions since 2024; reported 25 September 2026 from records; no formal application; single outlet	Merkle Standard Infrastructure (owned by Allrise Capital Inc.) with Pend Oreille County Public Utility District (power study)	Usk, Pend Oreille County	n.a.	225	proposed
Vantage Quincy campus	Vantage Data Centers	Quincy	n.a.	89	operating
Sabey Quincy campus, 2200 M St NE launched 2011; expansion completed 2023	Sabey Data Centers	Quincy, Grant	n.a.	85	operating
Equinix proposed SoDo data center (nine-story, 54 MW) Moratorium adopted 9 June 2026; project reported vested and advancing 3 October 2026 (environmental permit documents submitted to the state June 2026)	Equinix	Seattle	n.a.	54	proposed
Digital Realty downtown Seattle data center (six-story) Land-use permit application filed at the end of May 2026; reported vested and proceeding 3 October 2026; single-outlet report (The Seattle Times)	Digital Realty Trust	Seattle, King County	n.a.	n.a.	proposed
Prologis proposed Tukwila data center (75 MW, Seattle City Light territory) moratorium adopted June 9, 2026	Prologis	Tukwila	n.a.	n.a.	paused
Puyallup facility	Voltage Park	Puyallup	n.a.	n.a.	operating
Quincy datacenters 2026	Microsoft (Azure)	Quincy	n.a.	n.a.	operating
Quincy facility	Voltage Park	Quincy	n.a.	n.a.	operating

Capital at risk

Blocked, delayed or restricted in Washington

Every project in Washington on the atlas's capital-at-risk record: the action taken, who took it, and the announced capital affected. Restarts and reversals are recorded with the same weight as blocks.

Project	Developer	Jurisdiction	Action	Capital
Bullfrog Flats DC moratorium Jul 31 2026; capital stated as ~$200M	Blue Fern Development	Cle Elum	Six-month emergency moratorium after proposal surfaced	~$200M
Avista-related project moratorium Jun 22 2026	Avista	Spokane	One-year citywide moratorium on new computer data center permits	n.a.
Burien data center moratorium moratorium Enacted June 2026	n.a.	Burien	Burien, Washington, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated June 2026. 12-month emergency moratorium, unanimous, effective immediately. The measure runs to 29 June 2027.	n.a.
Ellensburg six-month emergency data center moratorium moratorium Approved unanimously the week of 5 October 2026 (reported 7 October 2026); in place until 5 April 2027	n.a.	City of Ellensburg	The Ellensburg City Council voted unanimously to establish a six-month emergency moratorium on new data center proposals within city limits, effective immediately and in place until 5 April 2027, while staff evaluate zoning, permitting and environmental review rules. It follows six-month moratoriums in Cle Elum and Kittitas County.	n.a.
Federal Way 12-month data center moratorium moratorium Adopted unanimously 7 July 2026; 12 months	Industrial Realty Group / Podium I-5 site owners referenced (neither proposing a data center)	City of Federal Way	The Federal Way City Council voted unanimously on 7 July 2026 to impose a 12-month moratorium on data centers. The measure followed public concern that the planned 1,033,680-square-foot Podium I-5 industrial building on the former Wild Waves site could become a data center; the developer said he had no interest in building one. A public hearing on the moratorium was set for 1 September 2026.	n.a.
Five proposed "mega" data centers (Equinix, Prologis + 2 withdrawn) moratorium Proposals April 2026; one-year moratorium approved 9 June 2026; vested Equinix and Digital Realty projects reported moving forward 3 October 2026	Equinix, Prologis, 2 unnamed	Seattle (SoDo, Tukwila)	One-year moratorium on DCs >20 MVA approved 9-0, extendable 6 months. The Seattle Times reported on 3 October 2026 that two large projects are moving forward despite the moratorium because their permit applications predate it: a nine-story Equinix data center in Sodo (54 MW; environmental permits submitted to the state in June 2026) and a six-story Digital Realty data center downtown (40 MVA requested; land-use application filed at the end of May 2026), together nearly 100 MW of peak demand. The Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections said both are vested under the earlier rules. Seattle City Light said Prologis has neither submitted a service request nor withdrawn its interest in its 120 MW Sodo and 75 MW Tukwila proposals, which remain exploratory.	n.a.
Kittitas County data center application moratorium (extended) moratorium Emergency moratorium 10 August 2026; six-month extension approved 15 September 2026 (total one year)	n.a.	Kittitas County Board of Commissioners	Kittitas County commissioners approved an emergency six-month moratorium on data center land-use applications in August 2026, then on Tuesday 15 September 2026 approved a six-month extension, making it a year-long ban. Community Development Services Director Chad Bala said the county's codes do not adequately define or classify data centers. The pause covers siting, construction, expansion, conversion and operation of data centers in unincorporated areas while the county writes review criteria and mitigation measures.	n.a.
Klickitat County six-month data center moratorium motion (failed; former Columbia Gorge Aluminum site) other Moratorium motion died for lack of a second 3 September 2026; explained at 8 September 2026 meeting	n.a.	Klickitat County Board of Commissioners	Commissioner Todd Andrews moved for a six-month data center moratorium at a 3 September 2026 Klickitat County workshop, but neither of the other two commissioners seconded the motion. At the 8 September meeting Chair Ron Ihrig said the county has time to write an ordinance instead, and Commissioner Lori Zoller cited the time and cost of a moratorium. Both said no data center proposal would be ready to apply before an ordinance is adopted. A proposed site sits on the former Columbia Gorge Aluminum plant next to John Day Dam, where data centers are allowed outright.	n.a.
La Conner data center moratorium moratorium Enacted July 2026	n.a.	La Conner	La Conner, Washington, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated July 2026. Six-month moratorium on data center permit applications within town limits; no applications received; town reviewing whether any form of data center is appropriate. The measure runs to 29 January 2027 and covers permits.	n.a.
Lincoln County data center moratorium moratorium Enacted September 2026	n.a.	Lincoln County	Lincoln County, Washington, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated September 2026. Six-month moratorium on data centers and battery energy storage systems; covers facilities over 2,000 sqft or 2+ MW. The measure runs to 10 March 2027 and applies at a threshold of 2,000 sqft.	n.a.
Marysville data center moratorium moratorium Enacted July 2026	n.a.	Marysville	Marysville, Washington, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated July 2026. 6-month moratorium on buildings/facilities whose principal use is data management/transmission, unanimous. Mayor urged surrounding counties to follow suit. The measure runs to 14 January 2027.	n.a.
Moses Lake data center moratorium moratorium Enacted January 2026	n.a.	Moses Lake	Moses Lake, Washington, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated January 2026. Moratorium on new data center development; listed by MRSC (WA state municipal research service) among cities with moratoriums. The measure has a stated duration whose end date is not recorded.	n.a.
Mount Vernon data center moratorium moratorium Enacted August 2026	n.a.	Mount Vernon	Mount Vernon, Washington, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated August 2026. 6-month moratorium, 4-1, with no data center yet proposed. Planning staff to draft rules on electricity and water demand, stormwater and building in the Skagit River floodplain. The measure runs to 12 February 2027.	n.a.
Pasco data center moratorium moratorium Enacted July 2026	n.a.	Pasco	Pasco, Washington, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated July 2026. 6-month moratorium, 6-0. Extendable if officials don't have satisfactory answers. Developing data-center-specific land-use regulations. The measure runs to 20 January 2027.	n.a.
Pierce County data center moratorium moratorium Enacted August 2026	n.a.	Pierce County	Pierce County, Washington, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated August 2026. Emergency ordinance prohibiting new/expanded data centers over 10 MW in unincorporated Pierce County; one year unless extended or lifted. The measure runs to 25 August 2027 and applies at a threshold of 10 MW.	n.a.
Port Angeles six-month data center moratorium moratorium Adopted Tuesday 1 September 2026; six months, renewable	n.a.	City of Port Angeles	The Port Angeles City Council adopted a data center moratorium on 2 September 2026, effective immediately, with one member excused. It runs six months initially with potential renewal. Staff will spend the first 60 days developing a work plan covering utility and industrial-land impacts, and a public hearing is required within 60 days. Both the Peninsula Daily News and My Clallam County reported the council vote took place on Tuesday night, which was 1 September 2026, not 2 September.	n.a.
Renton one-year large data center moratorium moratorium Approved unanimously 17 August 2026; up to one year	n.a.	City of Renton	The Renton City Council unanimously approved a moratorium of up to one year on large data centers on 17 August 2026. It halts filing, acceptance, processing and approval of new applications and permits for siting, establishment or expansion. The ordinance cites impacts on electrical and water utility capacity, utility rates, land use, traffic, noise and air quality.	n.a.
Sedro-Woolley six-month data center moratorium moratorium Adopted 9 September 2026 (reported 21 September 2026); six months	n.a.	Sedro-Woolley City Council	After required public hearings, the Sedro-Woolley City Council on 9 September 2026 passed six-month moratoriums on data center projects and on accepting permit applications for major utility developments. The council can renew or extend them while staff draft permanent regulations, including possible land use map and zoning code amendments, for Planning Commission review.	n.a.
Spokane County four-month data center moratorium moratorium Adopted August 2026	n.a.	Spokane County	The Board of County Commissioners approved a four-month moratorium unanimously on Aug. 19, 2026, replacing an earlier nine-month proposal that had split the board 3-2, to give staff time to draft zoning rules.	n.a.
Unincorporated Skagit County moratorium Jun 2026	n.a.	Skagit County	Six-month moratorium approved Jun 1, extendable	n.a.
Winlock six-month data center moratorium moratorium Enacted 23 September 2026; six months	n.a.	Winlock City Council	The Winlock City Council unanimously enacted a six-month moratorium on data center development at a special meeting on Wednesday 23 September 2026. Mayor Victoria Marincin said the pause is meant to let the Planning and Park Commission draft updated commercial and industrial building codes covering water supply and noise, not to stop data centers entirely.	n.a.
Yakima County six-month data center moratorium moratorium Approved unanimously at a Tuesday meeting, reported 12 August 2026; six months	n.a.	Yakima County Board of Commissioners	Yakima County commissioners voted unanimously on a Tuesday to adopt a six-month moratorium preventing the county from accepting land use or building permits for data centers in unincorporated areas. The county has no data centers and no data-center-specific rules. The vote followed a work session at which dozens of residents opposed data centers over water, power rates and environmental impacts. Commissioner LaDon Linde said the pause gives time to gather information.	n.a.

Policy context

What governs a data center in Washington

Seattlecity

One-year moratorium on data centers >20 MVA, approved 9-0, extendable 6 months (Apr-Jun 9, 2026).

Five proposed mega data centers in SoDo and Tukwila (Equinix, Prologis, and two unnamed developers) had requested 369 MW; two of four developers withdrew before the moratorium passed.

Skagit Countycounty

Six-month moratorium covering data centers >2,000 sq ft in unincorporated Skagit County, approved June 1, 2026, extendable.

County commissioners approved a six-month pause on data centers larger than 2,000 square feet in unincorporated areas.

Washington (statewide summary)state

C.4 floors: 369 MW (Seattle) + 500 MW (Spokane, high end) + 20 MW (Cle Elum) paused or at risk; ~$200M identified; 4 named projects; 7 tracked actions.

Washington actions include the Seattle >20 MVA moratorium, a Spokane one-year citywide moratorium (Jun 22, 2026, Avista-related 125-500 MW), a Cle Elum six-month emergency moratorium (Jul 31, 2026), and the Skagit County pause. A source headline states a Washington statewide data center bill was killed before Seattle acted.

The policy layer for Washington lives in three companion references: the Washington Data Center Moratorium Tracker for every state measure and local moratorium on record, the Water Tracker for the water rules that touch a site, and the Grid Operator Watchlist for the large-load rules of the RTO or utility that decides whether it can energize.

Next door

States next door

Oregon

1 site

8 blocked, delayed or restricted

Idaho

2 sites · $1.2B disclosed

2 blocked, delayed or restricted

On the map

Data centers in Washington

The US Data Center Map identifies 112 facilities run by 47 operators in Washington, each one placed from primary sources and listed by city and by operator, with this atlas record beside it.

Washington data centers

112 facilities · 47 operators

Map, locations, operators, rules

Washington power and local economy

Generation, utilities and county records

Explore the power supply chain and local conditions behind the build-out

US Data Center Map

Every state, one page each

The national map and the operator directory

Sources

Sources for Washington

Every source cited on this page, once each. The full atlas source register is at Capital Atlas sources.

spokesman.comThe Spokesman-Review, 25 September 2026
vantage-dc.comVantage North America locations
datacenterdynamics.comDCD
theurbanist.orgThe Urbanist
activerain.comActiveRain summary
seattletimes.comThe Seattle Times
x.comPuget Sound Business Journal
voltagepark.comVoltage Park
datacenterdynamics.comDCD
geekwire.comGeekWire
baxtel.comBaxtel
interconnectedcapital.comInterconnected Capital
b-townblog.comb-townblog.com
dailyrecordnews.comEllensburg Daily Record
kpq.comKPQ
bellevuereporter.comBellevue Reporter
dailyrecordnews.comDaily Record (Ellensburg)
columbiagorgenews.comColumbia Gorge News
goldendalesentinel.comGoldendale Sentinel
goskagit.comgoskagit.com
odessarecord.comodessarecord.com
heraldnet.comheraldnet.com
mrsc.orgmrsc.org
cascadiadaily.comcascadiadaily.com
datacenterdynamics.comdatacenterdynamics.com
piercecountywa.govpiercecountywa.gov
peninsuladailynews.comPeninsula Daily News
myclallamcounty.comMy Clallam County (Radio Pacific)
peninsuladailynews.comPeninsula Daily News
federalwaymirror.comFederal Way Mirror
goskagit.comSkagit Valley Herald
rangemedia.coSource
laconnercommunitynews.orgLa Conner Community News
chronline.comThe Chronicle (Centralia)
yakimaherald.comYakima Herald-Republic

Every state, one page each

Alabama 9 / 21 Alaska 1 / 1 Arizona 11 / 11 Arkansas 2 / 8 California 10 / 35 Colorado 6 / 21 Connecticut 0 / 6 Delaware 0 / 5 Florida 0 / 46 Georgia 23 / 57 Hawaii 0 / 0 Idaho 2 / 2 Illinois 10 / 35 Indiana 14 / 44 Iowa 3 / 22 Kansas 5 / 19 Kentucky 6 / 26 Louisiana 7 / 3 Maine 0 / 20 Maryland 1 / 22 Massachusetts 0 / 11 Michigan 4 / 55 Minnesota 3 / 31 Mississippi 7 / 5 Missouri 10 / 25 Montana 1 / 10 Nebraska 3 / 16 Nevada 8 / 12 New Hampshire 0 / 5 New Jersey 4 / 61 New Mexico 3 / 10 New York 6 / 21 North Carolina 10 / 45 North Dakota 6 / 4 Ohio 24 / 80 Oklahoma 11 / 20 Oregon 1 / 8 Pennsylvania 16 / 42 Rhode Island 0 / 5 South Carolina 6 / 20 South Dakota 1 / 6 Tennessee 6 / 26 Texas 106 / 35 Utah 11 / 12 Vermont 0 / 3 Virginia 33 / 50 Washington 9 / 22 Washington, DC 0 / 0 West Virginia 4 / 3 Wisconsin 4 / 45 Wyoming 11 / 5

Figures beside each state are named sites and blocked, delayed or restricted projects.

Part of the North American Data Center Capital Atlas, refreshed every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Announced commitments overlap one another and overlap reported capital expenditure, so this page shows disclosed floors and never adds them into a single deployment figure. Informational, not investment or legal advice.

The SAVRN reference set

Seven references, one system

Capital, delay, policy, water, grid, permits and scarcity are one system seen from seven sides. Each reference is primary-sourced, refreshed on a schedule, and links into the others, so a project can be followed from the money committed to the docket that stopped it.

Delay Watchlist

Project-level slippage: named projects, jurisdictional actions, utility and federal dockets, SEC disclosures, and the interconnection queue.

Open the watchlist →

Moratorium Tracker

The policy layer: every state measure and local moratorium mapped and cited, with one page per state.

Open the tracker →

Water Tracker

Every federal, state, local and interstate water measure that touches a data center, plus a fifty-state water ledger.

Open the water tracker →

Grid Operator Watchlist

ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE and FERC: the large-load rules, filings and queue positions that decide whether a site can energize.

Open the watchlist →

Permits and Power Development

Data center and substation permits, large loads in the interconnection queues, and the power plants planned to serve them, refreshed hourly from public records.

Open the permits tracker →

SAVRN Scarcity Tracker

Eleven primary-sourced indicators of AI infrastructure scarcity, one composite index, read against the token index, SAVRN's own cost basis and the frontier ceiling.

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