Seattle City Council One Year Data Center Moratorium Vote

1. Clip 1 · 0:15 Dan Strauss, Councilmember, Seattle City Council Elected Official Opposed auto captions, unchecked

   Moratorium Power & Grid Zoning

   Seattle City Council passes a one year moratorium pausing new data center development across Seattle.

   "data centers in Seattle. Thanks for joining us, I'm Elma Thomas. >> I'm Monique Ming Law Van and Cairo 7's Brandon Thompson is live at City Hall right now. Brandon, you have been reporting on big proposals in the city. >> Yeah, a couple months ago there was a proposal for five large data centers that would have soaked up nearly a third of the city's electricity according to Seattle City Light. Now, none of those got past the early stages, but it inspired in part this legislation as"

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2. Clip 2 · 0:45 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked

   Residents and community speakers address Seattle City Council regarding local water, power grid, noise, and zoning impacts.

   "than an hour ago, every single one of them voted for this pause. >> Stop the data centers. Stop the data centers. >> Near unanimous testimony at Seattle City Hall. >> We are already seeing the consequences of unchecked data center expansion in the Pacific Northwest. >> Calling to pause the filing, acceptance, and processing of any new or expanded large data centers for the next year. >> We're seeing data centers pop up"

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3. Clip 3 · 1:15 Seattle City Council Member Elected Official Opposed auto captions, unchecked

   Moratorium Power & Grid Zoning

   Seattle City Council members deliberate on municipal siting standards, utility capacity, and the recorded ordinance action.

   "proper consideration of whether our water and energy systems can actually sustain sustain the buildings. >> In the ordinance he sponsored, Council member Ed Lee says Washington state is desirable for data centers because of the cheap electricity and access to water saying centers can use 300,000 gallons of water a day. >> It's sort of the wild west. We need to have appropriate regulations and controls to figure out, you know, where data centers can or should be located."

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