Grant County PUD, in Grant County, Washington, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on March 25, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Grant County PUD placed load caps on data centers in Quincy's industrial zone in March 2025 to give the utility time to add transmission capacity. Data center capacity surged past 400 MW in 2025 (up from 246.4 MW in 2024) with all nine… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | March 25, 2025 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: utility. County: Grant County. Dataset: datacentertracker. 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.