What to know about 4 major data center proposals for Tri-Cities area

The Tri-Cities region of Washington has emerged as a hot spot for data center development, with four separate projects proposed or under consideration.

Together, the projects could bring billions of dollars in investment to the Mid-Columbia area. With that investment comes concerns about power requirements and water consumption.

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• Atlas Agro North America offered Richland nearly $24 million for 275 acres to build a $500 million data center employing 100 workers next to its proposed fertilizer plant on Horn Rapids Road.

• Trammell Crow Company is studying the feasibility of developing a data center on 500 to 1,000 acres at Lewis & Clark Ranch in West Richland.

• Amazon Data Services was revealed as the company behind “Advance Phase LLC,” which will pay $36 million for 553 acres at Wallula Gap to construct a cluster of 16 data centers in a $5 billion project.

• The Department of Energy is considering a smaller AI data center at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as soon as 2028, starting at 2 megawatts and potentially expanding to 40 megawatts to support scientific and national security missions.

The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by Cory McCoy. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.