Westin Building
2001 6th Avenue · Seattle, King County, WA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Westin Building is an operating data center in King County, WA, operated by Digital Realty Trust, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 13 MW of reported power capacity and a 13,117 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkThe Westin Building is an operating colocation data center in Seattle, King County, Washington, run by Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Its reported footprint is 13,117 square feet. The site draws power from the City of Seattle utility inside the SCL balancing authority.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentDigital Realty Trust, Inc.
- Files asDigital Realty Trust, Inc.
- This facilityWestin Building
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- $500M data center project near MARTA station sidelined ... for nowThe Business Journals· Jul 13, 2026
- Why did Columbia Capital sell to Digital Realty? D.C.-area VCs have some theories.The Business Journals· Jul 13, 2026
- The AI Data Center Stock Boom: How To Invest Wisely in July 2026Forbes· Jul 8, 2026
- AI Data Center Backlash: Zoning Notice Rule Kills World’s Largest Planned CampusTech Times· Jul 4, 2026
- 7 Best Data Center Stocks, ETFs and REITsU.S. News - Money· Jun 29, 2026
- Digital Realty to pay $3.5B for Blackstone's stake in three new Northern Virginia data centersThe Business Journals· Jun 29, 2026
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 0.4 mi from this site (181 students). 2 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.