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# Mobilizing for data center pause
- URL: https://www.rangemedia.co/podcasts/mobilizing-for-data-center-pause/
- Published: 2026-08-21T13:00:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-21T13:00:41.000Z
- Description: A heated national issue has come to Spokane; this is what one activist is doing about it
- Author: RANGE
- Tags: Podcast

On this week’s episode, we’re bringing you a pre-recorded interview between RANGE reporter Aaron Hedge and Brittany Anderson, a local activist who’s calling for governmental transparency about officials’ conversations with data center developers.

The two of them talked about: 

- what brought Brittany into this work and why it’s important to her,
- the information she learned from her public records requests and what it led her to,
- the moratorium on data center development at both the Spokane County and City levels and what they mean,
- and the continuing fight for transparency from the local government about data center development.

Find relevant articles below:

[Spokane County approves four-month data center pauseAfter public criticism, county commissioners unanimously approve a short moratorium on data center development.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/35/e7/35e7a6d5-1d7d-405c-9ee3-dce92dfd190f/content/images/icon/8-e4c75071-240b-42db-891f-afdcb2cb4ab7.png)RANGE MediaAaron Hedge![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/35/e7/35e7a6d5-1d7d-405c-9ee3-dce92dfd190f/content/images/thumbnail/Copy-of-Copy-of-civics-2026-3-a06cbebd-ef1c-4f16-92d2-4ba3383bc468.png)](https://www.rangemedia.co/spokane-county-four-month-moratorium-data-center/)

[Commissioner Al French on data centers: ‘Spokane County is not closed for business’Developers are eyeing Spokane County for new places to plant; French has been quietly tilling the field.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/35/e7/35e7a6d5-1d7d-405c-9ee3-dce92dfd190f/content/images/icon/8-16d0faf8-74cb-4a27-b18c-c2fd1b313c8d.png)RANGE MediaAaron Hedge![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/35/e7/35e7a6d5-1d7d-405c-9ee3-dce92dfd190f/content/images/thumbnail/al-french-data-centerfr-dcf6ee36-5839-43ef-889c-17bf3fbc656b.jpg)](https://www.rangemedia.co/commissioner-al-french-on-data-centers-spokane-county-is-not-closed-for-business/)

[Who? Where? We don’t know, but Avista is entertaining a large data centerAfter the utility was slow to tell the community about the project, local leaders are formally calling for a moratorium on data centers.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/35/e7/35e7a6d5-1d7d-405c-9ee3-dce92dfd190f/content/images/icon/8-ab97b5c3-0d33-4512-bd61-7095471c53a3.png)RANGE MediaAaron Hedge![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/35/e7/35e7a6d5-1d7d-405c-9ee3-dce92dfd190f/content/images/thumbnail/data-center-7d69e761-b677-49e0-a32f-2e457aa7d4cb.jpg)](https://www.rangemedia.co/who-where-we-dont-know-but-avista-is-entertaining-a-large-data-center/)

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