In this Sunday edition of Business Insider Today, we're talking about the environmental cost of data centers, plus Big Tech ...

Most are in the Portland Metro area, Central Oregon near Prineville, and Eastern Oregon near Hermiston and Boardman. A data center can use as much electricity as 50,000 homes.

There are 131 data centers in Oregon, according to datacentermap.com, the 10th most in the United States. Most are in the Portland Metro area, Central Oregon near Prineville, and Eastern Oregon near ...

Amazon data centers in eastern Oregon have caused 554% load growth at the Umatilla Electric Cooperative in just the last ten years, according to a Sightline Institute analysis of US Energy Information ...

Additionally, the data centers have created about 7,400 full-time equivalent jobs regionally, and Dorran said they have added about $9 billion to the gross domestic product in Eastern Oregon.

When Amazon came to Eastern Oregon about 15 years ago, many people didn’t know what to expect from the large company setting up new buildings to serve as “data centers.” Today, many still don’t know ...

The area is becoming a popular site for data centers, which can use huge amounts of water. That's a concern as drought conditions linger. By Liz Teitz, Staff writerUpdatedApril 28, 2025 12:11 p.m.

BOARDMAN — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is inviting the public to provide feedback on a proposed air quality permit modification for the Amazon Data Services facility in Boardman.

The company operates its US West (Oregon) region from those data centers. According to the Oregon Live report, on those existing data centers Amazon receives nearly $100 million in tax breaks annually ...

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