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The Daily Herald
Snohomish County PUD will hold a ribbon-cutting September 19 for its $2.5 million community solar facility at Walter E. Hall Park on Casino Road in south Everett, largely paid for by state grants. The array produces about 400,000 kilowatt hours a year and has operated since December 2024; power-sale revenue, about $40,000 so far, goes to the PUD's Community Energy Fund for bill assistance.
The Daily Herald
About 13 people spoke at the Snohomish County Council's public hearing on its six-month moratorium on new data center development in unincorporated areas. Most supported the moratorium and some called for a permanent ban; Council member Nate Nehring said permanent regulation will take several months and anticipated extending the pause to a full year.
Lynnwood Times
The Snohomish County Council scheduled a public hearing for 10:30 a.m. August 19 in Everett on Emergency Ordinance 26-026, the six-month moratorium it adopted unanimously on June 24. The ordinance pauses applications for data centers of 2 megawatts or greater in all zones of unincorporated Snohomish County and expires December 25 unless renewed.
Lynnwood Times
Snohomish County Council member Nate Nehring explains the council's unanimous June 24 vote to pause data center development in unincorporated Snohomish County for six months, extendable to twelve, while the county writes a permanent policy.
HeraldNet
The Snohomish County Council voted unanimously for an emergency moratorium pausing new data center development in unincorporated Snohomish County for six months while it writes a permanent policy. The ordinance requires a public hearing within 60 days and can be renewed for another six months.
The Daily Herald
The Daily Herald's editorial board argues Snohomish County should keep data centers away from its water supply during a drought that left state snowpack at 53 percent of median in April. It cites Skagit County's June 1 moratorium on new data centers, a proposed Seattle moratorium, and Arlington's Project Cascade, a roughly 1.2 million-square-foot facility Amazon confirmed as a delivery-support project requesting 9.5 megawatts and about 44,000 gallons of water a day.
425 Business
Everett-based Helion raised a $465 million Series G round led by Thrive Capital, bringing total invested capital to $1.5 billion at a $15.5 billion valuation. The money goes to commercial deployment and manufacturing capacity as the company builds its first fusion power plant, Orion, in Malaga in Central Washington, targeted for 2028.
The Daily Herald
Snohomish County PUD fielded eight large-load service inquiries in 2025, double its previous average of about four a year, with requests ranging from 3.5 to 150 megawatts; none so far are data centers. The utility generates about 6 percent of the power its customers use, buys the rest from the Bonneville Power Administration, and requires developers to pay infrastructure costs upfront under its growth-pays-for-growth model.
Lynnwood Times
Everett-based Zap Energy named Zabrina Johal, formerly of AtkinsRéalis and General Atomics, its CEO as the company combines near-term compact modular fission with its long-term fusion work. Cofounder Benj Conway moves to President.