🌱 Patch AM: What Nscale’s huge new Bellevue office could mean for local tech jobs.

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In today's newsletter:

• What Nscale's huge new Bellevue office could mean for local tech jobs.
• How will Amazon's latest Bellevue layoffs collide with its massive AI spending?

Also on today's calendar: Issaquah Goes Apples and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Sunshine, with a high of 63 and low of 40 degrees.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 63, low: 42.
• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 63 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fast-growing AI startup Nscale doubles Bellevue office footprint to 46K square feet (commstrader.com) — Bellevue is set to gain a major AI infrastructure hub as London-based Nscale doubles its lease at The Eight tower to 46,000 square feet, planning phased openings in 2027. Backed by billions in funding and led locally by former Microsoft executive Nidhi Chappell, the company aims to hire heavily, reinforcing Bellevue's fast-growing reputation as a national center for AI and cloud engineering.
   

• Amazon lays off 121 more Washington workers as its AI spending hits $220 billion (startupfortune.com) — Amazon is cutting 49 jobs at its SEA106 office tower in Bellevue this month, part of 121 Washington layoffs and more than 30,000 cuts since 2025. The reductions hit corporate roles while the company pours an estimated $220 billion into AI-related infrastructure, leaving local workers facing job losses amid record tech investment.
   

📸 Around Bellevue

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bellevue

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 17
• Issaquah Goes Apples →
  232 Front St N, Issaquah
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Sunday October 11
• Yoga for Health →
  Bothell Library, 18215 98th Ave NE, Bothell
  9:00 am
• Yoga for Mental Wellbeing →
  Issaquah Library, 10 W Sunset Way, Issaquah
  9:00 am
Monday October 12
• Talk Time: English Conversation Practice
  Newport Way Library, 14250 SE Newport Way, Bellevue
  1:00 pm
• Tai Ji Quan: Part 2 Fall 2026 →
  Vital Kinesis, 2800 Northup Way Suite 200, Bellevue
  1:00 pm
Tuesday October 13
• Baby Story Time
  Newport Way Library, 14250 SE Newport Way, Bellevue
  1:00 pm
• Teen Resilience and Thriving →
  Online via Zoom
  5:00 pm
Friday October 16
• A Picasso →
  Theatre33, 13243 NE 20th St, Bellevue
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• A Picasso →
  13243 NE 20th St, Bellevue
  7:00 pm
Sunday October 18
• A Picasso →
  13243 NE 20th St, Bellevue
  2:00 pm
Tuesday October 20
• Fall Back, Sleep Better; Navigating the Seasonal Shift →
  Online via Zoom
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 22
• Inner Engineering (in-person) [ Early Bird Offer Ends Sep 22nd] →
  Fairfield Inn Issaquah, 1801 12th Ave NW, Issaquah
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sights from my trip to the North Cascades this week.
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• No front license plates?
  I see many cars around town that do not have the front license plate. According to the WA law: - License plates must be attached conspicuously at the… (Nextdoor Somerset)

• The Pokémon Company International posted a job opening for Graphic Designer II, Merchandise Development: Original Merchandise (12-Month Fixed Term) in Bellevue. Apply here.
• T-Mobile US, Inc. posted a job opening for Senior Executive Strategy and Planning Manager in Bellevue. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bellevue here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mercer Island

• Islanders support Gift of Adoption at Mercer Island Masquerade (mi-reporter.com)
• Judge O'Donnell will discuss State Supreme Court at Rotary meeting (mi-reporter.com)
• MI set to begin water pipeline replacement project (mi-reporter.com)

Redmond

• Artist Highlight: Carlos Martinez Explores Hope and Connection in 'Life by a Thousand Cuts' (seattle.gov)
• Main Street Financial Solutions LLC Makes New Investment in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT (defenseworld.net)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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