Data center regulations are the event horizon that communities across the nation, including in Washington state, are calling on their elected officials to achieve.  

The tech giant recently confirmed it bought 1,000 acres and is considering an initial three-building data center in West Richland. 

The Oklahoma-based company that owns one of the largest gas pipeline networks in the Northwest is beginning to pursue permits to expand that network, and to pump more gas to the region to meet rising electricity demand.

An eastern Oregon city that has for the last decade welcomed some of the largest data centers in the state is fighting Gov. Tina Kotek’s recent order meant to temporarily pause data center development, saying it could cost the city millions in direct financial losses. 

Two of the companies planning to bring small modular nuclear reactors to the Tri-Cities are already planning for their next project. 

The sheer size of investment in data centers is drawing concern as it surpasses all other historical booms and crowds out other more job-creating ventures. 

Washington’s rising utility rates have exposed a central policy divide: Should the state make it easier for utilities to meet its clean energy mandates, or relax those mandates to contain costs and protect reliability?

A Maryland-based solar energy company has acquired two solar facilities under development located outside Connell and Othello. 

Tri-Cities residents are calling for restrictions on data centers even though no projects have been formally proposed locally, prompting heated discussions at city council meetings.

A Richland-based company that developed a way to convert waste to alternate energy sources such as hydrogen has filed for bankruptcy, indicating federal contracts canceled by the Trump administration cost it upward of $50 million in potential revenues.