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AWS Arlington Data Center Campus

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ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated September 17, 2026

AWS Arlington Data Center Campus is a proposed data center in Arlington, Oregon (Gilliam County), operated by Amazon Web Services. The public record puts it at 406 acres.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Amazon Web Services
Facility type
Data center
Location
Arlington, Gilliam County, OR
Coordinates
45.7168, -120.2009 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
406 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
PacifiCorp
Cooling
Closed loop
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 17, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over AWS Arlington Data Center Campus in Arlington, Gilliam County, Oregon appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Power and water

The Times-Journal (July 2026): AWS will not proceed with the Arlington water infrastructure until it has reliable electricity, which is not expected before 2031; the article cites a six-to-seven-year BPA transmission backlog and AWS's Oregon PUC complaint against PacifiCorp over data center service.

The Times-Journal (July 2026) quotes city officials that 'AWS intends to build this closed-loop system at its Arlington campus' to reduce consumption; AWS's $19.4M Columbia River water system (reservoir, booster station, port pump station, water lines) is on hold until grid power is available.

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.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
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.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.

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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the AWS Arlington Data Center Campus in Arlington?

Nothing on record as of September 17, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over AWS Arlington Data Center Campus in Arlington, Gilliam County, Oregon appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the AWS Arlington Data Center Campus?

No lawsuit over AWS Arlington Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of September 17, 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 AWS Arlington Data Center Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for AWS Arlington Data Center Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates AWS Arlington Data Center Campus, and how big is it?

Amazon Web Services is the operator on record. We hold 60 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 406 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "AWS Arlington Data Center Campus," updated September 17, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/aws-arlington-gilliam-or.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/aws-arlington-gilliam-or, retrieved October 1, 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. 1.Amazon plans major data center expansion in tiny Eastern Oregon town, 376 acres bought for $10 million, plus 30 more acres from the Port of Arlington for $3 million; served by PacifiCorp; tax terms to be negotiated under the Strategic Investment Program because Gilliam County does not qualify for the enterprise zone program · The Bulletin (Bend, OR) · retrieved August 14, 2026
  2. 2.Arlington, Ore., Amazon Plan Large Data Center in Tiny City, 400 acres total (376 acres for $10M plus 30 acres from Port of Arlington for $3M), PacifiCorp service, SIP negotiations not yet begun · Government Technology · retrieved August 14, 2026
  3. 3.Arlington pushes ahead with municipal water system, The Times-Journal (2026-07-16, updated 2026-07-29) · The Times-Journal (Condon, OR) · retrieved September 17, 2026

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