The Seattle Times
1000 Denny Way · Seattle, King County, WA
Source: OpenStreetMap
The Seattle Times is an operating data center in King County, WA, operated by H5 Data Centers. DataCentersExposed has documented a 48,589 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 17, 2026
Overview
source: linkThe Seattle Times is an operating data center in Seattle, King County, Washington, run by H5 Data Centers. The site covers a reported 48,589 square feet. It draws power from the City of Seattle utility within the SCL balancing authority. Ownership above H5 Data Centers is not disclosed in available records.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentH5 Data Centers
- Files asH5 Data Centers
- This facilityThe Seattle Times
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Condemnation Cases Continue To Draw Pushback From Property Owners Along Proposed Quincy Transmission RouteSource ONE News· May 13, 2026
- Startup launched by former AWS energy team emerges with $7M to help solve data center power crunchGeekWire· Apr 2, 2026
- Cities With The Most Data Centers24/7 Wall St.· Apr 29, 2025
- The Environmental Impact of Data Centers: Balancing AI Growth and Energy Infrastructure in Eastern WashingtonWhitman Wire· Oct 3, 2024
- North America Data Center Trends H1 2024 Market Profiles - Central WashingtonCBRE· Aug 19, 2024
- Quincy, WA High School: Land of IT OpportunityNewsRadio 560 KPQ· Nov 2, 2023
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Washington reported $100.1M in Data center equipment and infrastructure sales/use tax exemption — rural counties (RCW 82.08.986 / 82.12.986) for FY2024 (Washington State Department of Revenue). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Seattle-Bellevue-Kent Valley), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Private School Services in Seattle, is 0.5 mi from this site (181 students). 3 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.