East Wenatchee, in Douglas County, Washington, adopted a data-center moratorium on March 27, 2018. Its status in this snapshot is replaced.
The record reads: "180-day data-center moratorium, adopted 2018-03-27, since replaced by permanent regulations (Moratorium Nation)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | replaced | March 27, 2018 | not county-wide | Moratorium Nation (ALEA Institute) |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Douglas County. Dataset: moratorium nation. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Washington context
Washington has 13 documented local actions across 12 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has an incentive rollback (enacted).
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.