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Amazon’s Walla Walla data center plan sparks tension between protesters, local officials

States Newsroom · October 7, 2026

More than four hundred Washingtonians across 19 locations took to the streets Sunday to demand a statewide moratorium on data centers. In Walla Walla, where a $4.8 billion Amazon data center project is planned, the tension among opponents and local officials was palpable. “Some of you standing here today have been…

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Amazon’s Walla Walla data center plan sparks tension between protesters, local officials

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