Amazon Boardman Exascale Data Center Campus

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.

1. March 2026

   Proposed
   Amazon purchased 1,300 acres from Threemile Canyon Farms dairy for $37M near Boardman. Planning documents indicate 20 buildings, 4 million sq ft, 1 GW capacity. Amazon stated development plans not final. Source: Data Center Dynamics

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Amazon Boardman Exascale Data Center Campus in Boardman, Morrow County, Oregon appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Morrow County Planning Commission approved Amazon's 'PDX154' land-use application (816,000 sq ft / 4 buildings, part of the broader campus) on March 31, 2026 with conditions attached (stormwater/wastewater mitigation, airport-lighting restrictions).

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Morrow County Planning Commission approved Amazon's 'PDX154' land-use application (816,000 sq ft / 4 buildings, part of the broader campus) on March 31, 2026 with conditions attached (stormwater/wastewater mitigation, airport-lighting restrictions).

Source

Power and water

PacifiCorp (Pacific Power) is the local retail utility in Morrow County; AWS filed power complaints against PacifiCorp in November 2025 regarding insufficient capacity. BPA Columbia River hydroelectric generation underlies the Oregon grid and is a major component of what PacifiCorp delivers. AWS claims 95% renewable sourcing in Oregon. AWS also holds wind PPA (Leaning Juniper IIA, 98.4 MW) in same county.

Reflects Amazon's documented Oregon cooling practice, primarily free-air cooling with evaporative assist, with up to ~96% of cooling water returned to local farmers. Planning documents model roughly 35 million gallons/year for the full 1 GW campus (a projection). The specific cooling design for this proposed campus is not confirmed.

Notes on the record

Amazon confirmed the land purchase ($37M per Morrow County property records, confirmed by multiple news sources) but stated development plans are not final. Planning documents submitted to Morrow County describe a 1 GW exascale campus with 20 buildings across 4 million sq ft; Johnson Economics estimated $8B-$12B total investment. Land previously owned by Threemile Canyon Farms dairy. Distinct from Amazon's existing ~800 acres of operating/under-construction OR facilities. Lincoln Chronicle source URL returned 403 on fetch, primary claim supported by DCD source. energy.utility corrected from 'Bonneville Power Administration' (wholesale) to 'PacifiCorp (Pacific Power)' (retail utility). Coordinates are Boardman city centroid; exact site not publicly confirmed. Johnson Economics' economic-impact analysis (Morrow County Planning Commission, Jan 2025) models the full 1 GW campus at roughly $8 billion investment (potential range $7-12 billion), about 6,400 construction FTE over an eight-year build (~800/year) and about 560 operations FTE, assuming an Oregon Strategic Investment Program (SIP) property-tax abatement, modeled projections for a still-proposed campus, not firm commitments.

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.

• DMG Blockchain Boardman Facility · Boardman · DMG Blockchain Solutionsunder 1 mile · Proposed · 3.75 MW
• Percheron Data Center · Boardman area (Tower Road) · Rowan Green Data (DBA Rowan Digital Infrastructure)11 mi · Under construction · 300 MW
• SDC Umatilla Campus · Umatilla · Sabey Data Centers18 mi · Under construction · 150 MW · Supported
• AWS Hermiston Data Center Campuses · Hermiston · Amazon Web Services20 mi · Operating

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