Data Centers & Crypto Mining in Washington (2026)
8 rules on the books across Washington, 6 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Data Center Zoning & Siting
Where data centers may be built, including the zoning districts that allow them, conditional-use-permit requirements, residential setback and buffer distances, and lot-size or acreage minimums.
Snohomish County
Heavy RestrictionsSCC 30.28.032 imposes a countywide moratorium blocking the filing, acceptance, processing, or approval of any…
Read full rule →Renton
Significant RestrictionsRenton has no standalone data-center use category; RMC 4-11-040(D) folds data centers into "Warehousing" under RMC…
Read full rule →Lewis County
Some RestrictionsLewis County requires a data processing center in unincorporated areas to be fully enclosed, faced with non-reflective…
Read full rule →Grays Harbor County
Few RestrictionsIn unincorporated Grays Harbor County, a data center is an outright permitted use only in the Satsop Development (SD)…
Read full rule →Mason County
Few RestrictionsMason County treats data centers as a straight permitted use in its two Shelton urban growth area industrial-type…
Read full rule →Data Center Noise Limits
Decibel caps on data-center cooling and backup-generator noise at the property line, how and when noise is measured, tighter nighttime limits, and how communities enforce them against continuous hum.
Lewis County
Some RestrictionsLewis County requires a data processing center to be fully enclosed with sound-absorptive walls, ceilings and floors…
Read full rule →Thurston County
Some RestrictionsThurston County caps industrial noise, including data center cooling and generator equipment, at the property line…
Read full rule →Data Center Moratoriums
Temporary pauses or outright bans on new data-center development while a locality studies impacts, including moratorium length, what triggers one, and which projects are grandfathered in.