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Seattle City Council passes data center moratorium (www.king5.com)
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Elected officials unanimously approved a yearlong moratorium on new data centers within Seattle city limits effective immediately at the city council meeting Tuesday, with a potential extension of about six months.

Seattle joins cities like Denver, CO, Baltimore, MD, Atlanta, GA and Minneapolis, MN, and at least three jurisdictions around the Puget Sound region that have passed similar legislation.

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[–] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

No one was building data centers in the City of Seattle anyways

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 5 months ago

    There are several smaller data centers in Seattle.

    This was an idea floated and ultimately killed before the moratorium was decided. Regardless, I’m happy to see the council backing majority opinion of constituents in this case.

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