Why Spokane Is Fighting New Data Centers
In Spokane, Spokane County (WA), Spokane City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session.
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Why Spokane Is Fighting New Data Centers
Spokane City Council · June 15, 2026
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- Clip 1 · 0:15 Spokane City Council Officials and Speakers Elected Official Opposed auto captions, uncheckedZoning Power & Grid Water
Officials and speakers in Spokane, WA address municipal data center zoning, grid capacity, and community impacts.
"a one year moratorium on data center projects. And this week then Spokane County Commissioners followed suit proposing a nine month version of a moratorium for the county so that would cover a much larger area. Now three Republicans got involved and they proposed, "Okay, maybe we should just do kind of a zoning ordinance here, not put the kibosh completely on data center"
- Clip 2 · 1:27 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
Community members and local officials in Spokane, WA weigh water supply, electricity rates, and neighborhood buffer rules.
"we'll do, you know, in return for this. Maybe we'll create our own power supply for this. Maybe we're going to, you know, we'll have our own water system so that we're not sucking off of the power grid and, you know, off of the utilities and so the ratepayers aren't ultimately, you know, the ones who are victimized by this." So I I want to share part of my conversation with Congressman Michael"
- Clip 3 · 1:56 Spokane City Council Member Elected Official Opposed auto captions, uncheckedMoratorium Zoning Water Power & Grid
Spokane City Council members deliberate on municipal siting standards, utility capacity, and the recorded ordinance action.
">> We got to make sure data centers are done right in a way that communities understand. You know, no no community that you know, a lot of data centers are essentially a local government decision, but you know, I've introduced legislation that would make sure that data centers don't increase folks electricity rates and don't increase water rates. And then it's really into a community discussion. A lot of people worry about data centers and artificial"
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