Seattle City Light
Washington Ends Data Center Equipment Tax Break as Hardware Nears 93% of Capex
Senate Bill 6231 stripped the sales tax exemption from data center equipment repair and replacement statewide on July 1, landing squarely on the...
Sound Transit Clears Condemnation of 55 Parcels for West Seattle Link as Opening Slips to 2035
Sound Transit's board authorized its chief executive to acquire, by condemnation if necessary, 55 properties along the West Seattle Link Extension, committing to...
Seattle Building Emissions Fall 14% as City’s New Performance Standard Nears First Deadline
Seattle's Office of Sustainability & Environment reported that emissions from the city's buildings sector fell sharply in 2024 even as population and economic...
Carlyle Group Doubles Down on 320,000 SQFT Duwamish Data Center, Testing Seattle’s Fresh Moratorium
The Carlyle Group has nearly doubled the scale of its proposed data center at 3625 First Ave. S. in Seattle’s Duwamish industrial corridor,...
Colossus Data Center Advisors Files Plans for 45,600 SQFT Facility at Seattle’s Starbucks Center
A small advisory firm has filed plans to convert former retail space inside Seattle’s Starbucks Center into a data center — a proposal...
Seattle Halts New Large Data Centers With Emergency One-Year Moratorium After 369-Megawatt Wave of Proposals
The Seattle City Council voted unanimously on June 9 to freeze the siting of large data centers for one year, becoming the largest...
Digital Realty Advances 380,000 SQFT Data Center Plan at 301 Virginia in Seattle as Council Moratorium Looms
A new construction permit filing lists the Texas-based REIT as owner of the former Bed Bath & Beyond property, even as the Seattle...
Norwegian Cruise Line Locks In Seattle Through 2035 in Lease Worth Up to $316MM
Port of Seattle commission’s amended agreement ties extension options to decarbonization milestones, signaling how environmental performance is reshaping cruise tenancy in the Pacific...
Pacific Northwest Power Grid Hurtles Toward 9 GW Shortfall by 2030 as Load Growth Outpaces New Builds
E3 study commissioned by 22 regional utilities warns that data centers, electrification and coal retirements are colliding with institutional barriers that have stalled...
$220MM Data Center Plan Surfaces on 4.6-Acre Duwamish Site as Seattle Weighs Moratorium
An unnamed developer files plans for a four-story, up-to-320,000-SQFT facility on a former Carlyle cold-storage site, racing ahead of a potential City Hall...
Largest Cruise Season in Port of Seattle History Begins April 17 with 330 Calls and Two New Cruise Lines
This week, the Port of Seattle kicks off the 2026 Alaska cruise season, marking a historic milestone with 330 vessel calls and 2.1...
Five Large-Scale Data Centers Proposed in Seattle With Combined 369 MW Demand, Forcing Utility to Rewrite Large-Load Contracts
Seattle City Light will require the facilities to source their own power and fund infrastructure upgrades, as the proposals would consume nearly 10...
