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# No more data centers? No, more data centers!
- URL: https://www.rangemedia.co/podcasts/data-center-latah-valley-airway-heights/
- Published: 2026-09-11T21:13:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T21:13:14.000Z
- Description: Airway Heights has hit the data center developer circuit.
- Author: RANGE
- Tags: Podcast

RANGE reporter Aaron Hedge joins Val to discuss a proposed AI data center in Airway Heights, and then housing development and conservation efforts in Latah Valley along Highway 195.

Articles discussed in this episode:

[Spokane County residents mobilize as data centers eye regionLocal people are behind a dramatic social media and public protest campaign demanding a halt on the facilities. Will it be enough to keep the county safe from potential harm?![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/35/e7/35e7a6d5-1d7d-405c-9ee3-dce92dfd190f/content/images/icon/8-db8ee553-b831-463a-8791-21b27e5aeddd.png)RANGE MediaAaron Hedge![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/35/e7/35e7a6d5-1d7d-405c-9ee3-dce92dfd190f/content/images/thumbnail/data-center-art-9299041a-916c-49de-95ab-9baf1988ebb8.jpg)](https://www.rangemedia.co/spokane-county-residents-mobilize-as-data-centers-eye-region/)

[A win for the Thorpe parcel, but Latah Valley’s bigger problems remain![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/35/e7/35e7a6d5-1d7d-405c-9ee3-dce92dfd190f/content/images/icon/8-53889abc-4d85-4c3c-8849-0fd4a478a72c.png)Yong-Yu Huang | RANGE Media![](https://www.rangemedia.co/thorpe-parcel/lambert.jpg)](https://www.rangemedia.co/thorpe-parcel/)

[Spokane evacuees faced gridlock fleeing Indian TrailResidents fleeing the August wildfires in neighborhoods with limited road access spent hours stuck in traffic, a danger that has been building for years.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/35/e7/35e7a6d5-1d7d-405c-9ee3-dce92dfd190f/content/images/icon/8-a3cd2283-81a3-48fc-a833-03376dbfb24f.png)RANGE MediaYong-Yu Huang![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/35/e7/35e7a6d5-1d7d-405c-9ee3-dce92dfd190f/content/images/thumbnail/638A4267-1-4e622186-14cb-4b8c-9dbf-6ba63fdf6618.jpg)](https://www.rangemedia.co/fire-evacuees-face-gridlock/)

Listen to our last episode on data center mobilization efforts:

[The POD: Mobilizing for data center pauseA heated national issue has come to Spokane; this is what one activist is doing about it![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/35/e7/35e7a6d5-1d7d-405c-9ee3-dce92dfd190f/content/images/icon/8-f3703848-fc1c-49a2-868b-3f88113dae53.png)RANGE MediaRANGE![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/35/e7/35e7a6d5-1d7d-405c-9ee3-dce92dfd190f/content/images/thumbnail/Podcast-generic--1600-x-1200-px---2--91b7dcaa-8736-4262-b845-71786d0423a5.jpg)](https://www.rangemedia.co/podcasts/mobilizing-for-data-center-pause/)