Washington

The largest footprint in Washington belongs to Sabey Data Centers, behind 12 tracked facilities. Microsoft Corporation, Vantage Data Centers Holdings, LLC, and TierPoint, LLC round out the most active operators in the state. Many of these sites are filed under shell or project names rather than the parent's — our operator column resolves them back to the real corporate parent wherever the chain is documented.

Geographically, the buildout clusters: Grant County leads Washington with 15 facilities and a composite risk score of 39/100. Chelan County and King County follow. Our county risk score weights project exposure (40%), power demand (30%), water draw (15%), and land footprint (15%); the full breakdown is shown on each county page.

Washington is not done growing. 5 facilities are in the pipeline — proposed, permitted, or under construction — which is where residents still have a say at zoning hearings and in rate cases. Each pending project is a decision about land, water, electricity prices, and tax revenue that hasn't been finalized.

We also surface the accountability trail: 3 state bills mentioning data centers and 6 recent news items are tracked for Washington below, pulled from LegiScan and GDELT and refreshed automatically. Legislation is linked to the counties and operators it names; news is classified by community sentiment.

Data-center policy watch: Washington enacted SB 5982 (2026), tying large new data-center loads to the state's utility clean-energy deadlines.