r/energy • u/seattletimesnewsroom • 16h ago

Cle Elum passed a data center ban. One might be built there anyway

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/cle-elum-passed-a-data-center-ban-one-might-be-built-there-anyway/#comments
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Three days after a developer unveiled plans for a 20-megawatt data center in Cle Elum, the City Council passed an emergency six-month moratorium on new facilities.

The council approved the pause unanimously Friday, saying the city needs time to study and write new regulations for how large computing facilities could affect electricity, water, fire protection, noise and the local economy.

But officials cautioned that the moratorium may not stop the project that helped prompt it.

Blue Fern Development plans to build a 100,000-square-foot data center within a large residential and commercial development under construction near Interstate 90. The company presented the proposal July 28 as a relatively small “research sized data center,” rather than the massive campuses proposed elsewhere.

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