Skagit County’s commissioners voted to pause rural data center development for six months, betting that affordable farmland prices and abundant power access could otherwise make the flood-prone Skagit Valley a target for AI infrastructure developers. Before a single data center permit application reached the planning counter, Skagit County moved to shut the door — adopting a preemptive six-month moratorium on new data center construction in its …
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