Seattle banned new data centers. Why do companies want them here anyway? 29.1%
KUOW - By Joshua McNichols - 6/18/2026, 11:54 PM
Negativity Bias 18.3% - Appeal to Emotion 14.3% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 11.5%
Seattle has become the biggest U.S. city to pause approval of new data centers. The City Council passed a one-year moratorium on approval of new and expanding data centers on June 9. It’s aimed at giving leaders time to study data centers' impacts on electricity, water, and neighborhoods. The move comes after developers proposed several... more