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Google The Dalles Data Center Campus
The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon · All 53 Google sites · Every Google case on our tracker
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
- 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.
- 2006OperatingOne of Google's earliest major data center campuses; expanded multiple times through 2023 Source: Wikipedia
- 2005Under constructionStatus change recorded. 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.
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.
- Google The Dalles Data Center, 3500 River Road (Port of The Dalles) · The Dalles · Google2 mi · Under construction
- STACK Infrastructure Goldendale Data Center · Goldendale · STACK Infrastructure23 mi · Proposed · 958 MW · Opposed
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Google The Dalles Data Center Campus in The Dalles?
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.
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 53 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 September 5, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/google-the-dalles-or.
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/google-the-dalles-or, 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.The Dalles, Oregon, Google data centers (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia · retrieved July 5, 2026
- 2.Google's enormous The Dalles data center, Data Center Knowledge · Data Center Knowledge · retrieved July 5, 2026 · original offline, no archived copy found
- 3.We now know how much water Google's Oregon data centers use, Data Center Dynamics · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 4.Enterprise Zone & Strategic Investment Program Agreements with Google, City of The Dalles · City of The Dalles, OR · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 5.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
- 6.Northern Wasco PUD to Supply Power to Google Data Centers, American Public Power Association · American Public Power Association · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 7.How Google is Reshaping a Small Oregon Town, Technostatecraft · Technostatecraft · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 8.As Google's water demands grow, The Dalles aims to pull more from Mount Hood forest · Oregon Public Broadcasting · retrieved August 14, 2026
- 9.Data center water use can be a 'black box.' Google aims to change that · Latitude Media · retrieved August 14, 2026
- 10.Google's water use is soaring in The Dalles, records show · WaterWatch of Oregon · retrieved August 14, 2026
- 11.The Dalles, Oregon, Google Data Center Location (Google's own site page) · Google · retrieved September 5, 2026
- 12.The Dalles v. The Oregonian: The Case That Made Google's Water Use Public · SueDataCenters.org · retrieved August 28, 2026
- 13.Columbia Gorge News: The Dalles settles Oregonian lawsuit, releases Google water records (Dec 2022) · columbiagorgenews.com · retrieved August 28, 2026
- 14.Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: The Dalles, Google, Oregonian settlement · rcfp.org · retrieved August 28, 2026
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