The Data Center Divide
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Grays Harbor County
Neutral Data Center Policies
Grays Harbor County’s 2014 ordinance reprints Satsop zoning language allowing data centers, but it does not establish a new change to that permission.
current law · Unincorporated areas, including the Satsop Development ParkOrdinance 410 was adopted March 17, 2014 and primarily amended cannabis-related zoning provisions.Grays Harbor County Ordinance 410 (2014) — Satsop zoning text
What this means
The ordinance reprints Satsop zoning permission for data centers while primarily amending cannabis provisions. A new change to data-center permission is not established by the 2014 ordinance, so the carried-forward text is not scored as a newly created siting benefit.
People behind it
- Grays Harbor County Board of Commissioners
Adopted and enacted Ordinance No. 410.
- Grays Harbor County Planning Commission
Held the public hearing on the draft ordinance and recommended its approval to the Board of Commissioners.
- SEPA Responsible Official
Issued the threshold decision for the draft ordinance.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions1
The restated Satsop Development District permitted-use list includes data centers under communication facilities; this is carried-forward zoning text rather than an established new 2014 data-center incentive.
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