Did you see the Seattle Times story about a proposal to build 5 giant data centers in Seattle?

We are calling for a moratorium on data center construction in the city of Seattle.

Our region’s resources—from water to power to space—are already stretched thin. Now four companies want to build 5 large scale AI data centers, requiring as much electricity as ⅓ of the entire city. This is 30 times more energy than existing local data center facilities.

Data centers raise electricity rates and emissions. They’re a threat to water supplies and to grid stability. Because of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) we don’t know yet which companies are behind these proposals, where they want to build, or what kind of power they hope to get. But none of the possible outcomes are good for the people of Seattle or our neighbors.

The Seattle City Council and the Mayor must stand with Seattleites already living in one of the most expensive cities in the country and say no: no to these proposed data centers, and to any future ones.

We need a moratorium on new data centers.