Skagit County Commissioners Adopt Preemptive Six-Month Moratorium on Rural Data Centers

Skagit County's commissioners voted to pause rural data center development for six months, betting that affordable farmland prices and abundant power access could otherwise make the flood-prone Skagit Valley a target for AI infrastructure developers. Before a single data center permit application reached the planning counter, Skagit County moved to shut the door — adopting […]