The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
City of Port Angeles
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Port Angeles has enacted a six-month pause on accepting, reviewing, and approving data-center applications, delaying new centers and expansions; existing operations appear unaffected, and accessory server equipment is excluded.
Rating from Washington statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Port Angeles.
current law · City of Port AngelesPort Angeles, Washington adopted Resolution No. 12-26 on September 1, 2026, imposing an immediately effective six-month moratorium on acceptance, processing and approval of facilities whose principal use is digital data processing, storage, management or transmission.Port Angeles City Council resolution establishing a data-center moratorium
What this means
The six-month pause on accepting, reviewing, and approving data center applications would make building or expanding new centers substantially harder during that time. It does not appear to ban existing operations, and it excludes server equipment that is accessory to another main use.
Timing
Initial six-month term; exact calendar expiration not verified. May be extended as permitted by law and ends upon permanent adoption of regulations. The accompanying staff report describes one or more six-month extensions with subsequent public hearings and findings of fact. No actual renewal or replacement verified.
People behind it
- Drew Schwab
Council member who moves passage of the resolution.
- John Hamilton
Council member who seconds passage of the resolution.
- Navarra Carr
Deputy Mayor who seconds the initial staff-direction motion.
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- Kate Dexter
Mayor who reads the entire resolution into the record.
- Sheida Sahandy
City Attorney who drafts the resolution with Deputy City Manager Calvin Goings.
- Calvin Goings
Deputy City Manager who co-drafts the resolution with City Attorney Sheida Sahandy.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements3
Six-month moratorium on acceptance, processing and approval of facilities whose principal use is digital data processing, storage, management or transmission.
Takes effect immediately and may be extended as permitted by law.
Directs staff to develop a work plan with public participation, utility and industrial-land impact analysis, Planning Commission, UAC and legal review, and permanent options.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions1
Limited exclusion, not an incentive: incidental server equipment supporting another principal use is excluded.
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