From Amazon’s global online marketplace to the $15 minimum wage, Seattle has long been home to innovations that transform our lives, and policy innovations that ensure the benefits of new technologies are broadly shared. That’s a big part of why our companies lead the world, why our community and worker… [ Keep reading ]
Two weeks ago, the mayor announced her team would work to identify long-term policy approaches to data centers, including exploring a moratorium. She proceeded to instruct relevant City departments to develop a coordinated approach, with the aim of addressing substantial public policy concern about the potential impacts of data centers… [ Keep reading ]
“It is important to know that the City of Seattle has not authorized nor permitted any new data centers. However, the prospect of massive new data centers being built in Seattle has raised understandably intense public alarm. I share community concerns about environmental justice, economic resilience, and impacts of increased costs for Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
