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Google The Dalles Data Center Campus

The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon · All 61 Google sites · Every Google case on our tracker

OperatingContestedAI mixed useRecord updated October 12, 2026

Google The Dalles Data Center Campus is an operating data center in The Dalles, Oregon (Wasco County), operated by Google. The public record puts it at announced 2005, 300 MW operating, a reported $1.8 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

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What our reporting adds

Our case file documents this site. Settled December 14, 2022, Wasco County Circuit Court.

Facility record

Operating

Operator: Google
Facility type: Data center, AI use mixed
Location: The Dalles, Wasco County, OR
Coordinates: 45.5975, -121.1776
Power capacity: 300 MW operating
Land: Not established from a public source
Investment: $1.8 billion
Announced: 2005
Utility: Northern Wasco County PUD
Power source: Hydro
Cooling: Evaporative
Water use: 1.51 million gallons a day, reported
Jobs: 200 permanent
Public subsidy: Oregon Enterprise Zone (Wasco County), 2005, 2013, and 2015 15-year property-tax abatement agreements; the city projects ~$45.78M in community payments over the 2013 and 2015 terms, The Dalles / Wasco County, OR, 2005/2013/2015 | Oregon Strategic Investment Program (SIP), 2021 agreement, 15-year abatement (payment amounts pending final valuation), The Dalles / Wasco County, OR, 2021
Community reception: Contested
Source confidence: Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

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.

October 13, 2026
Under construction
Status change recorded. Source: Wikipedia
October 13, 2026
Operating
One of Google's earliest major data center campuses; expanded multiple times through 2023 Source: Wikipedia

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Google The Dalles Data Center Campus in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record. Settled December 14, 2022, Wasco County Circuit Court.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

Settled December 14, 2022, Wasco County Circuit Court. The city sued The Oregonian/OregonLive (with Google funding >$100K) to block release of Google's water data, then settled in December 2022 and released a decade of records. Concerns span water (Yakama Nation fishers and Dog River endangered-fish habitat), school funding, and abatement scale; Oregon enacted a 2025 to 26 pause on new data-center incentives.

Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting

Power and water

Powered largely by Bonneville Power Administration Columbia River hydropower via Northern Wasco County PUD, supplemented by a 100+ MW wind PPA (Avangrid/Leaning Juniper IIB). Google claims a 100% renewable match.

City records released after a 2021 to 22 public-records lawsuit, which the city, funded by Google (>$100K), later dropped, show Google consumed 355.1M gallons in 2021 (~29% of The Dalles' total water use), up from 104.3M gallons in 2012. Google committed $28.5M to upgrade city water infrastructure.

Public money on the record

Program	Amount	Granted by	Year
Oregon Enterprise Zone (Wasco County), 2005, 2013, and 2015 15-year property-tax abatement agreements; the city projects ~$45.78M in community payments over the 2013 and 2015 terms	Not established	The Dalles / Wasco County, OR	2005/2013/2015
Oregon Strategic Investment Program (SIP), 2021 agreement, 15-year abatement (payment amounts pending final valuation)	Not established	The Dalles / Wasco County, OR	2021

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.

Land area

Which document closes each gap

Land area: The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.

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Our reporting on this site

The Dalles v. The Oregonian · Settled

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.

Dallesport Server Farm (Webster Orchards / Williams Ranch site) · Dallesport · Webster Orchards (landowner; developer not selected)1 mi · Proposed
Lakeside Industries Dallesport Data Center (proposed) · Dallesport · Lakeside Industries1 mi · Proposed
Google The Dalles Data Center, 3500 River Road (Port of The Dalles) · The Dalles · Google2 mi · Under construction
Energizer Data Center (BPA L0493 / L0497) · Savion (Shell Energy subsidiary), per BPA application documents22 mi · Proposed
Energizer II Data Center (BPA L0702) · Savion (Shell Energy subsidiary), per BPA application documents22 mi · Proposed
STACK Infrastructure Goldendale Data Center · Goldendale · STACK Infrastructure23 mi · Proposed · 958 MW · Opposed

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Google The Dalles Data Center Campus in The Dalles?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Google The Dalles Data Center Campus?

The reception note on this record refers to a court proceeding. Read it in full under opposition and litigation above, and check the sources at the foot of the page for the filing itself.

How much water does Google The Dalles Data Center Campus use?

1.51 million gallons a day is the reported figure on record. Cooling is recorded as evaporative. City records released after a 2021 to 22 public-records lawsuit, which the city, funded by Google (>$100K), later dropped, show Google consumed 355.1M gallons in 2021 (~29% of The Dalles' total water use), up from 104.3M gallons in 2012.

Who operates Google The Dalles Data Center Campus, and how big is it?

Google is the operator on record. We hold 61 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 300 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Google The Dalles Data Center Campus," updated October 12, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/google-the-dalles-or.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/google-the-dalles-or, retrieved October 29, 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.The Dalles, Oregon, Google data centers (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia · retrieved July 5, 2026
2.We now know how much water Google's Oregon data centers use, Data Center Dynamics · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
3.Enterprise Zone & Strategic Investment Program Agreements with Google, City of The Dalles · City of The Dalles, OR · retrieved July 6, 2026
4.Google touts $1.8 billion investment in The Dalles data center, Mail Tribune · Mail Tribune · retrieved July 6, 2026 · original offline, no archived copy found
5.Northern Wasco PUD to Supply Power to Google Data Centers, American Public Power Association · American Public Power Association · retrieved July 6, 2026
6.How Google is Reshaping a Small Oregon Town, Technostatecraft · Technostatecraft · retrieved July 6, 2026
7.As Google's water demands grow, The Dalles aims to pull more from Mount Hood forest · Oregon Public Broadcasting · retrieved August 14, 2026
8.Data center water use can be a 'black box.' Google aims to change that · Latitude Media · retrieved August 14, 2026
9.Google's water use is soaring in The Dalles, records show · WaterWatch of Oregon · retrieved August 14, 2026
10.The Dalles, Oregon, Google Data Center Location (Google's own site page) · Google · retrieved September 5, 2026
11.Google Confirms $600 Million Expansion in The Dalles, Data Center Knowledge (2013-09-26) · Data Center Knowledge · retrieved September 17, 2026
12.Google touts $1.8 billion investment in Oregon data center · NBC16 / The Oregonian · retrieved October 12, 2026
13.Avangrid to repower Leaning Juniper IIB wind project to supply 100 MW to Google data centers in The Dalles · Construction Review Online · retrieved October 12, 2026
14.Avangrid Signs Agreement With Google To Power Data Centers · Gorge Radio · retrieved October 12, 2026
15.The Dalles v. The Oregonian: The Case That Made Google's Water Use Public · SueDataCenters.org · retrieved August 28, 2026
16.Columbia Gorge News: The Dalles settles Oregonian lawsuit, releases Google water records (Dec 2022) · columbiagorgenews.com · retrieved August 28, 2026
17.Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: The Dalles, Google, Oregonian settlement · rcfp.org · retrieved August 28, 2026

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