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3 data center projects in Seattle City

Who decides here: the City Council of Seattle City votes on zoning. The King County may review big projects too.

In Seattle City

Proposed

Small data center proposed inside the Starbucks Center (SoDo)

Seattle, King County

🕒 June 2026: A concept plan for a data center of just under 20 MW in the Starbucks Center was submitt…

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Proposed

Digital Realty data center at 301 Virginia Street

Seattle, King County

🕒 June 9, 2026: Seattle City Council passed a one-year pause on data centers over 20 MVA; this project's…

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Proposed

Nine-story data center south of the Spokane Street Viaduct (SODO)

Seattle, King County

🕒 June 18, 2026: KUOW reported the PacLand-filed plans were vested before the city's pause.

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Stopped or cancelledabout 11 miles away

Sabey Tukwila campus expansion (68 MW power request)

Tukwila, King County

🕒 April 30, 2026: Sabey withdrew its request for 68 MW more power at its Tukwila campus.

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Local votes and rules

⏸️ Pause on new data centers

Seattle City Council voted unanimously to stop accepting or approving applications for new or bigger large data centers for one year (Ordinance 127447). It covers sites that need more than 20 MVA of power (about 20 megawatts). The mayor signed it on June 11. The city can renew it in six-month steps. A companion resolution asks city offices to study effects on power, water, bills, jobs and health.

June 9, 2026Source
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

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⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Seattle City: City of Milton (not available) or City of Seattle (run by the town) or Puget Sound Energy Inc. (company).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Washington.

🙋 Open tasks here

  • Does Seattle's data center moratorium apply to this project?
  • Will the building's power system support a data center?
  • How much power would the 301 Virginia Street data center use?
  • How many backup generators would it have?
  • Who is the developer and end user of the SODO data center?
  • How much power would it use?
  • What is the exact address?

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