Data Center Registry
Atlas Agro Richland Data Center Campus
Richland, Benton County, Washington
Atlas Agro Richland Data Center Campus is a proposed data center in Richland, Washington (Benton County), operated by Atlas Agro North America. The public record puts it at announced September 22, 2025, 320 MW planned, 275 acres, a reported $500 million investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Atlas Agro North America
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 2100 Horn Rapids Road, Richland, Benton County, WA
- Coordinates
- 46.3600, -119.3250 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 320 MW planned
- Land
- 275 acres
- Investment
- $500 million
- Announced
- September 22, 2025
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 100 permanent
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Supported
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- December 2, 2025ProposedRichland City Council unanimously approved a land-option agreement with Atlas Agro for 275 acres at 2100 Horn Rapids Road, with a $250,000 nonrefundable option fee. Source: Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
Opposition and litigation at this site
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Atlas Agro Richland Data Center Campus in Richland, Benton County, Washington, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 10, 2026. Richland's city council unanimously approved the option agreement on 2025-12-02; Tri-City Development Council (TRIDEC) CEO Karl Dye backed the project, tying it to the DOE's Genesis Mission.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.
Richland's city council unanimously approved the option agreement on 2025-12-02; Tri-City Development Council (TRIDEC) CEO Karl Dye backed the project, tying it to the DOE's Genesis Mission. No opposition, resident concerns, or dissenting hearing testimony documented in this source.
Notes on the record
Swiss fertilizer developer Atlas Agro offered the City of Richland just under $24 million for 275 acres in the Northwest Advanced Clean Energy Park, adjacent to its planned zero-carbon nitrate fertilizer plant. The campus would comprise five data center buildings of roughly 500,000 sq ft each, with construction targeted to begin in 2027. Columbia Riverkeeper's February 2026 report puts the campus's power requirement at at least 320 MW. Power would come via a Bonneville Power Administration line serving both the data center and the fertilizer plant. Atlas Agro's North American president describes the data center as 'a partner that helps us build the necessary power and utility infrastructure.' Coordinates are an approximate geocode of the stated address.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- PNNL AI Data Center · Richland · Battelle Memorial Institute (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)2 mi · Proposed · 2 MW
- Trammell Crow Lewis & Clark Ranch Data Center · West Richland · Trammell Crow Company4 mi · Proposed
- AWS Wallula Gap Campus · Wallula · Amazon Web Services28 mi · Proposed · 300 MW · Mixed reception
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Atlas Agro Richland Data Center Campus in Richland?
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Atlas Agro Richland Data Center Campus in Richland, Benton County, Washington, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 10, 2026. Richland's city council unanimously approved the option agreement on 2025-12-02; Tri-City Development Council (TRIDEC) CEO Karl Dye backed the project, tying it to the DOE's Genesis Mission.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Atlas Agro Richland Data Center Campus?
No lawsuit over Atlas Agro Richland Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of September 10, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Atlas Agro Richland Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Atlas Agro Richland Data Center Campus is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Atlas Agro Richland Data Center Campus, and how big is it?
Atlas Agro North America is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 320 MW. The site is recorded at 275 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Atlas Agro Richland Data Center Campus," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/atlas-agro-richland-data-center-campus-wa.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/atlas-agro-richland-data-center-campus-wa, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Richland OKs option agreement for Atlas Agro data center · Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business · retrieved September 5, 2026
- 2.A Closer Look: Columbia River Data Centers (February 2026), Benton County, Washington · Columbia Riverkeeper · retrieved September 5, 2026
- 3.What to know about 4 major data center proposals for Tri-Cities area · Tri-City Herald (via Yahoo News) · retrieved September 5, 2026
- 4.Richland OKs option agreement for Atlas Agro data center · retrieved September 10, 2026
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