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Seattle-area company set to launch fusion test facility in north Richland
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (807+ words) Avalanche Energy's Richland facility will be a testing space for the company's fusion technology as it works to scale up the machines. U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, center, and Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, right, view a replica of Avalanche's fusion machine at…...
People of Influence 2026: Rebekah Woods
22+ hour, 18+ min ago (113+ words) What has been your/your company's most significant success over the last 12 months? What's the best piece of advice you've received? Get your love at home. I know you'll never please all the people all the time. Your focus as…...
Richland OKs option agreement for Atlas Agro data center
3+ mon, 23+ hour ago (306+ words) Swiss company Atlas Agro remains committed to building a $1 billion fertilizer plant north of Richland, and it's launched plans a new data center project nearby. Richland's city council unanimously approved an option agreement with Atlas'Agro'for land for a data center…...
Future data centers offer promise but also pressures
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (336+ words) From Wallula Gap to West Richland and Richland's Horn Rapids corridor, Eastern Washington is rapidly emerging as a major data center corridor, bringing both opportunity and complex questions about infrastructure, energy and economic impact. But the boom also has sparked…...
Business owner pushes back on automatic AI rollouts
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1147+ words) Arthur Baranovskiy, CEO and founder of ARY Engineering, has launched an effort to demand more user control over artificial intelligence. How many times a day do artificial intelligence summaries of emails or Google searches pop up, unasked for and without…...
Networking – March 2026
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (328+ words) " Maria Holden'is the newest physician associate at Good Shepherd Primary Care in Hermiston. She earned her Master of Physician Assistant Studies from A.T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona, after completing a Bachelor of Health Science from Pacific University in Hillsboro, Oregon....
Data center tax break close to getting zapped by WA Legislature
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (635+ words) Tax breaks for data center operators could soon be stripped from Washington state law." On March 7, the House Finance Committee voted 8 to 6 to approve"Senate Bill 6231. The bill next awaits a House floor vote." As it stands, data center operators…...
How WA lawmakers are trying to regulate data centers
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (977+ words) With data centers expected to become the largest source of electricity demand in the Pacific Northwest, Washington legislators are pressing ahead with a bill aimed at protecting the grid and offsetting potential hikes for utility ratepayers. House Bill 2515passed out of…...
It’s lights out for WA Legislature’s effort to regulate data centers
1+ week, 2+ day ago (707+ words) Big technology companies scored a win in Olympia on March 2, as a sweeping bill to regulate data centers lapsed in the Washington state Legislature. House Bill 2515would have required data centers to pay additional utility charges, comply with clean energy requirements,…...
DOE, nuclear fuel company team up for new mission at Hanford
1+ mon, 23+ hour ago (562+ words) The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management has partnered with nuclear fuel company General Matter to lease the Fuels and Materials Examination Facility, or FMEF, in the 400 area of Hanford. The lease follows DOE awarding a $900 million contract to…...