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The organization says HB 2816 “targets data centers in eastern Oregon,” putting them in a tough opposition because they have no say over how the utilities that supply their electricity obtain it.
A legislative committee held its first hearing Monday on a bill that would require new Oregon data centers and cryptocurrency miners to meet clean-energy targets, a proposal opponents say could ...
Amazon’s server farms in eastern Oregon are using much less fossil fuel to power their operations, new data shows, sharply ...
Oregon’s largest data centers operate in eastern and central Oregon, regions that were largely exempted from carbon emissions standards the Legislature established for big private utilities ...
Amazon said its Oregon data centers are now powered with 95% renewable energy, but it wasn’t immediately clear how the company was calculating its climate impacts in eastern Oregon.
The Energy Northwest Morrison Energy Center in Richland, Wash. Courtesy of Amazon / Courtesy photo. In its quest to continue powering Eastern Oregon data centers, Amazon is going nuclear.
While Eastern Oregon’s data center boom is driven in part by access to the hydroelectric power supplied by the Columbia River, Cullen said the supply is starting to tap out.
Amazon to receive $1 billion in tax breaks in eastern Oregon for new data centers by: The Associated Press. Posted: May 10, 2023 / 08:09 PM PDT. Updated: May 10, 2023 / 08:09 PM PDT.
Amazon is poised for massive expansion of its data center operations in eastern Oregon on 400 acres the company is buying in ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Officials in a remote northeastern Oregon county have voted to give tax breaks worth an estimated $1 billion to Amazon for five more data centers there.
PORTLAND, Ore. >> Officials in a remote northeastern Oregon county have voted to give tax breaks worth an estimated $1 billion to Amazon for five more data centers there.
Amazon’s server farms in eastern Oregon are using much less fossil fuel to power ... While Amazon is cleaning up its ... Washington — less than 60 miles from its Oregon data centers.