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Chelan PUD commissioners approved a lease allowing Helion Energy to build a fusion power plant of up to 80 acres of district-owned land. The lease authorizes a 20-acre parcel of land for a 100 megawatt generator facility, with up to 60 more acres in reserve until 2038...

Chelan PUD approved a contract to supply power to Microsoft's data center campus in Malaga. Commissioners approved the contract at their meeting Monday. “Chelan PUD has a long history of managing local hydropower in the best interest of customer-owners,” said General Manager Kirk Hudson. “We’re con...

Chelan PUD is exploring ways to keep energy affordable to their customers despite increased load to Microsoft's new data center campus in Malaga. According to a release, PUD commissioners considered contract terms supplying power to the campus while protecting reliability and stable rates for existing customers...

Wenatchee Valley College Foundation receives a boost to the Microsoft Technology Scholarship. The college scholarship fund says Microsoft contributed $45,000 to the scholarship. The multi-year scholarship began in 2023 with an initial $25,000 investment...

The Wenatchee Valley Fire Department (WVFD) will reopen its fire station in Malaga later this year. The WVFD's Station 17 Complex at 3760 West Malaga Road has been unstaffed since 2020, following the closure of the nearby Alcoa Wenatchee Works plant...

Royal City Police Department's K9, "Ollie," has new protection. Thanks to local efforts from Grant County PUD and the Grant County Industrial Alliance (GCIA), Ollie now has a ballistic vest to guard him. In early January, GCIA's Chuck Sutton and Lisa Karstetter, along with Grant PUD's "Pay-it-Forward" program representative Chuck Allen, presented $2,500 in donations to help pay

Washington saw the eighth-biggest increase in data center employment between the first quarters of 2018 and 2024, notching 106% growth.

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PUD spokesperson Rachel Hansen says there's a major challenge coming from data centers that are being built across the country.

There's no designated use for the undeveloped land which was purchased from a locally based development company.