Rock Point data center
West Plains, Spokane County, WA
Apricus Energy Partners, a private operator, has announced Rock Point data center, a data center project in West Plains, WA. Reported capacity is 1,000 MW. Proposed 514-acre data center paired with a hydrogen production facility (electrolysis and methane pyrolysis) at 11703 W. Medical Lake Highway on the West Plains near Spokane. Apricus, a small Arizona-founded firm (fewer than 11 employees, no completed projects), is targeting up to 1,000MW, but Avista projects only 50MW available by 2030 and 650MW by 2033 absent about 184 million dollars in transmission upgrades. Faced significant community opposition at a July 30, 2026 planning commission meeting over water and PFAS concerns; no formal county approval yet.
- 1,000 MWPlanned capacity
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
- OperationalNot yet
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Washington state legislation
- WUTC Docket UE-161123 - Puget Sound Energy Special Contract with Microsoft (Redmond)Special contract (effective 2017, still active with ongoing compliance filings) letting Microsoft buy renewable/carbon-free energy directly from wholesale markets for its Redmond corporate campus while using PSE only for grid delivery -- Microsoft remains PSE's only electric special-contract customer.Download
- HB824 - Data center energy generation/storage reportingRequires reporting on data center energy generation and storage.Download
- HB2515 - Emerging large energy use facilitiesRegulates emerging large energy-use facilities such as data centers.Download
- Resolution 32204Companion Seattle City Council resolution on data center policy, adopted June 9, 2026.Download
- HB2992 - Data Center Customer Protection Act of 2026Establishes customer protections related to data center utility costs.Download
- HB2655 - Sales/use tax exemption for eastern Washington data centersProvides retail sales and use tax exemption for construction and equipping of new data centers in eastern Washington counties.Download
- HB1012 - Local permit freeze on new data center constructionProhibits local governments from issuing permits, licenses, or certificates for new data center construction until March 1, 2027.Download
- Ordinance 127447Seattle ordinance and moratorium on data center permitting, passed June 9, 2026, effective through June 2027.Download
- WUTC Docket UE-260162 - Large Load Interconnections for Regulated Electric UtilitiesCommission-led policy docket opened 2026 addressing data-center/large-load interconnection and tariff policy for PSE and Avista; draft policy statement expected fall 2026. Most WA data-center load (Quincy/Wenatchee area) sits with consumer-owned PUDs outside WUTC jurisdiction, which this docket does not reach.Download
Site details
- Operator
- Apricus Energy Partners
- County
- Spokane County, WA
- Capacity
- 1,000 MW
- Address
- West Plains, WA
- Stage
- Announced
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Spokane County leaders held unknown discussions with data center developer seeking massive facility on West PlainsSpokane Spokesman-Review
Democrats on Spokane County Commission to pitch moratorium on data centersSpokane Spokesman-Review
Avista agrees to framework to provide single business with power equal to half of all Spokane County customersSpokane Spokesman-Review
An $8 billion Treasury break helped Meta’s tax rate hit 2%. Senators want data center tax answersFortune
The states with the fewest and most data centers, rankedBusiness Insider
Finns Are Seething After Google Illegally Toppled 250,000 Trees for a Data CenterMother Jones
Google offer to pay others to help data center powerArkansas Online
This bill would make data centers pay their own way for powerSalt Lake City Deseret News
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