Hillsboro Becomes First Oregon City to Halt New Data Centers
A 120-day moratorium, filed with just 24 hours’ public notice, freezes new data center and battery storage applications while the
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Data Centers
Two Oregon Cities, Two Very Different Responses to the Data Center Boom
Hillsboro slammed the brakes. Salem, one week later, chose a task force instead — and the project at the center
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Oregon’s Data Center Footprint Set to Quadruple — POWER Act Reckoning Now Underway With Both Major Utilities
Oregon’s data center industry currently occupies around 2,900 acres of land statewide, but plans are already in the works to
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Hillsboro Data Center Vacancy Hits Near Zero as 527 Megawatts of Capacity Under Construction
Hillsboro’s data center market has reached a critical milestone with vacancy rates hitting near zero in 2024 amid a rapid
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Oregon Is Becoming the Data Center Capital of the West — and the Construction Boom Is Just Getting Started
Amazon, Google, and a wave of AI-driven demand are transforming Eastern Oregon into one of the most active data center construction corridors in the country. The scale is staggering — and so are the questions about power and water.
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