Data Centers & Crypto Mining in Snohomish County, WA (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Snohomish County, Washington.
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Data Center Zoning & Siting
SCC 30.28.032 imposes a countywide moratorium blocking the filing, acceptance, processing, or approval of any application to establish, expand, or convert a use to a data center in every zone, adopted by emergency ordinance on June 24, 2026. The moratorium sunsets automatically after six months unless the county council renews it.
Data Center Moratorium in Snohomish County
Heavy RestrictionsSCC 30.28.032
Pursuant to the ordinance codified in this section, a moratorium has been adopted on the filing, acceptance, processing, or approval of applications to establish or expand data centers (including as incidental uses) or change of use to data centers (including as incidental uses) in all zones. The moratorium applies to all data centers, whether as a component of a project or as the entire projec...
Data Center Moratoriums
Snohomish County has frozen all new data center applications countywide. SCC 30.28.032 bars the county from filing, accepting, processing, or approving any application to establish, expand, or convert to a data center use in any zone while the moratorium is in effect.
Data Center Moratorium in Unincorporated Snohomish County
Heavy RestrictionsSCC 30.28.032
30.28.032 Data centers - moratorium. Pursuant to the ordinance codified in this section, a moratorium has been adopted on the filing, acceptance, processing, or approval of applications to establish or expand data centers (including as incidental uses) or change of use to data centers (including as incidental uses) in all zones. The moratorium applies to all data centers, whether as a component...
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