Data Center Registry
Washington State Data Center (1500 Jefferson Building)
Olympia, Thurston County, Washington
Washington State Data Center (1500 Jefferson Building) is an operating data center in Olympia, Washington (Thurston County), operated by Washington Technology Solutions.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Washington Technology Solutions
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 1500 Jefferson Street SE, Olympia, Thurston County, WA, 98504
- Coordinates
- 47.0345, -122.8945
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- 2011OperatingThe 1500 Jefferson Building, whose three-storey wing wraps around the state data center, was completed in 2011. Source: Washington State Capitol Campus
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 17, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Washington State Data Center (1500 Jefferson Building) in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Notes on the record
The state government's own consolidated data center, on the East Capitol Campus. Ecology's data-center permit index lists it under its former agency name, the Washington Department of Information Services, which was reorganised into Washington Technology Solutions; the operator recorded here is the current occupant named on the Capitol Campus page. Coordinates are the OSM polygon for the 1500 Jefferson Building, which contains but is larger than the data center wing. No capacity figure is published.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Washington State Data Center (1500 Jefferson Building) in Olympia?
Nothing on record as of September 17, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Washington State Data Center (1500 Jefferson Building) in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Washington State Data Center (1500 Jefferson Building)?
No lawsuit over Washington State Data Center (1500 Jefferson Building) appears in the record we track as of September 17, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Washington State Data Center (1500 Jefferson Building) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Washington State Data Center (1500 Jefferson Building) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Washington State Data Center (1500 Jefferson Building), and how big is it?
Washington Technology Solutions is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Washington State Data Center (1500 Jefferson Building)," updated September 17, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/washington-state-data-center-olympia-wa.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/washington-state-data-center-olympia-wa, retrieved October 1, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Data centers - air quality permits index (Olympia: Washington Department of Information Services, second-tier health impact assessment, 9/16/2010) · Washington State Department of Ecology · retrieved September 17, 2026
- 2.1500 Jefferson Building - completed 2011, 245,000 sq ft, six-storey L-shaped office with a three-storey wing wrapping a data center; houses Enterprise Services, Washington Technology Solutions and DCYF · Washington State Capitol Campus · retrieved September 17, 2026
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