17+ hour, 49+ min ago  (183+ words) Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business PNNL, partners release guide for data center development As data centers increasingly dominate conversations around the country, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and two partners have published a one-stop shop to help guide development. The AI…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (436+ words) Planning officials in Oregon's Morrow County recently approved a proposal from Amazon to build a data center campus with buildings encompassing 816, 000 square feet just east of the Boardman Airport." The county's planning commission approved Amazon's land use application for the…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (336+ words) From Wallula Gap to West Richland and Richland's Horn Rapids corridor, Eastern Washington is rapidly emerging as a major data center corridor, bringing both opportunity and complex questions about infrastructure, energy and economic impact. But the boom also has sparked…...

3+ mon, 14+ hour ago  (635+ words) Tax breaks for data center operators could soon be stripped from Washington state law." On March 7, the House Finance Committee voted 8 to 6 to approve"Senate Bill 6231. The bill next awaits a House floor vote." As it stands, data center operators…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (977+ words) With data centers expected to become the largest source of electricity demand in the Pacific Northwest, Washington legislators are pressing ahead with a bill aimed at protecting the grid and offsetting potential hikes for utility ratepayers. House Bill 2515passed out of…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (707+ words) Big technology companies scored a win in Olympia on March 2, as a sweeping bill to regulate data centers lapsed in the Washington state Legislature. House Bill 2515would have required data centers to pay additional utility charges, comply with clean energy requirements,…...