Who owns The Seattle Times?

The Seattle Times is owned and operated by H5 Data Centers.

Has The Seattle Times had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for The Seattle Times.

Where is The Seattle Times located?

The Seattle Times is in Seattle, King County, WA.

Operating

The Seattle Times

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Washington?

Washington reported $100.1M in Data center equipment and infrastructure sales/use tax exemption — rural counties (RCW 82.08.986 / 82.12.986) for FY2024 (Washington State Department of Revenue). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

1000 Denny Way · Seattle, King County, WA

Source: OpenStreetMap

The Seattle Times is an operating data center in King County, WA, operated by H5 Data Centers. DataCentersExposed has documented a 48,589 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Est. capacity

~5-20 MW

Footprint

48,589 sq ft

Utility

City of Seattle

Grid

SCL

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

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Most sites are mapped — located but awaiting a second source. How we verify

Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

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The Seattle Times is an operating data center in Seattle, King County, Washington, run by H5 Data Centers. The site covers a reported 48,589 square feet. It draws power from the City of Seattle utility within the SCL balancing authority. Ownership above H5 Data Centers is not disclosed in available records.

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
H5 Data Centers
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H5 Data Centers
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The Seattle Times

In the news

source: Google News

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Statewide cost of this incentive

Washington reported $100.1M in Data center equipment and infrastructure sales/use tax exemption — rural counties (RCW 82.08.986 / 82.12.986) for FY2024 (Washington State Department of Revenue). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

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Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow

Good

PM2.5

Good

PM10

Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Seattle-Bellevue-Kent Valley), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023

Median household income

$159.3K

People of color

53%

Below poverty

Tract population

3,645

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Private School Services in Seattle, is 0.5 mi from this site (181 students). 3 public schools sit within a mile of the site.

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.