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  "description": "More than 54,000 emails were sent to Seattle City Council members urging the ban.\n",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T15:04:37.000Z",
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  "textContent": "April 24, 2026 – Seattle Mayor**Katie Wilson** (D) is weighing a moratorium on new data center development, as officials confront concerns over energy demand, environmental impact, and potential costs to ratepayers.\n\nWilson said Saturday the city is exploring a temporary pause after a surge of public opposition, including an online campaign that generated more than 54,000 emails urging a halt to new projects.\n\n“It is important to know that the City of Seattle has not authorized nor permitted any new data centers,” Wilson wrote in a post to Facebook. “However, the prospect of massive new data centers being built in Seattle has raised understandably intense public alarm.”\n\nLearn more about the Broadband Community...\n\n\n                            Start Your Broadband Journey Here\n                        \n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Seattle Mayor Considers Data Center Moratorium",
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