# Blue Fern Cle Elum Data Center > Proposed: a 20 MW data center in Kittitas County, Washington, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/blue-fern-cle-elum-data-center-wa-dc_e8e67f988ed3 Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/blue-fern-cle-elum-data-center-wa-dc_e8e67f988ed3.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records Blue Fern Development has proposed a 20 MW data center in Kittitas County, Washington (proposed). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** Blue Fern Development (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 5, 2026) - **Stage:** Proposed (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 5, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 20 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 5, 2026) - **Reported investment:** $200.0M (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** Jul 28, 2026 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 5, 2026) - **City:** Cle Elum (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 5, 2026) - **County:** Kittitas (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 5, 2026) - **State:** Washington (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 5, 2026) - **Location precision:** Street address reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Community response:** Local opposition reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Cooling:** Closed loop (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Facility type:** Enterprise (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) ## What each source reports | Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Compute Atlas | Blue Fern Cle Elum Data Center | Proposed | 20 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Blue Fern Cle Elum Data Center under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 5, 2026) reports it as proposed. ### Who is building Blue Fern Cle Elum Data Center? Blue Fern Development is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### Which carriers serve Blue Fern Cle Elum Data Center? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Blue Fern Cle Elum Data Center get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - **Jul 28, 2026:** [Reported as announced](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/aug/05/cle-elum-passed-a-data-center-ban-one-might-be-bui/) ## Related records - [AWS Wallula Gap Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aws-wallula-gap-campus-wa-dc_8d34838854bd): Same state - [Advance Phase LLC Walla Walla Campus (Project Tree)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/advance-phase-llc-walla-walla-campus-project-tree-wa-dc_4d6ca12f0dca): Same state - [Atlas Agro Richland Data Center Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/atlas-agro-richland-data-center-campus-wa-dc_ecfe9dabbaa6): Same state - [Bitdeer Wenatchee (Pangborn) Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/bitdeer-wenatchee-pangborn-data-center-wa-dc_a50e2984e178): Same state - [Colossus Starbucks Center Seattle Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/colossus-starbucks-center-seattle-data-center-wa-dc_a1dc164ba280): Same state ## What this record does not show - This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record. - Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution. - An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. - Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity. ## Sources - [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/aug/05/cle-elum-passed-a-data-center-ban-one-might-be-bui/) · as of Sep 5, 2026 · record blue-fern-cle-elum-data-center-wa - [The Spokesman-Review (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/aug/05/cle-elum-passed-a-data-center-ban-one-might-be-bui/) · as of Sep 5, 2026 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/blue-fern-cle-elum-data-center-wa) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 256076680826579 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? Certify your approved invoices. Funders compete to fund them. Multiple offers. 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