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One of Oregon’s smallest utilities is suddenly among the state’s biggest polluters. Why? Amazon data centers
Amazon has 10 data centers in eastern Oregon, powered mostly by fossil fuels, and plans 10 more.
Amazon has capitalized on hundreds of millions of dollars in local tax breaks to subsidize a constellation of enormous, power-hungry data centers around the cities of Boardman and Hermiston, areas where the regional power grid has little access to renewable energy. “They’re willing to pay the price for clean energy and the access to power to make sure that happens,” said Nicole Hughes, the executive director of Renewable Northwest, a Portland organization backed by clean-energy producers. Apple, Facebook, Google and Elon Musk’s X social media company operate large data centers in Prineville, The Dalles and Hillsboro, creating enormous new power demands.
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