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OR The Dalles City Council November 8, 2021

Google gets council approval in The Dalles for more data centers.

On November 8, 2021, The Dalles City Council voted to approve an Enterprise Zone and municipal water supply agreement for two additional Google data centers along the Columbia River while funding trade secret litigation in Wasco County Circuit Court to withhold municipal water volume records from The Oregonian before unsealed December 2022 records revealed 355.1 million gallons of water use in 2021.

Jurisdiction The Dalles, OR
Governing Body The Dalles City Council
Meeting Date November 8, 2021
Extracted Clips 2 clips · 2 opposed · 1 supporting
Water Litigation NDAs Tax Abatements
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Archived meeting broadcast · KPTV FOX 12 Oregon Ready at Clip 1 (0:16 to 0:42) · The Dalles Economic Development and Applicant Presentation
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Google gets council approval in The Dalles for more data centers.

The Dalles City Council · November 8, 2021

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2 verified timestamped clips extracted chronologically from the closed caption record. Select any clip to play that exact window in the master player or copy a canonical clip link.

  1. Clip 1 · 0:16 The Dalles Economic Development and Applicant Presentation Developer Representative In support transcribed from the official recording
    Tax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning

    Developer representatives and economic development officials pitch capital investment, jobs, tax agreements, and utility infrastructure before The Dalles City Council.

    "the country stephanie yeah good morning last night the dallas city council the 28.5 million dollar infrastructure agreement with google but it didn't come without controversy now the tech company already has three data centers in the dows and with this agreement google has been given the okay to build two more centers in the city the tech company has not said how much water it will need in order to keep those data centers cool but some people are concerned it will"

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  2. Clip 2 · 0:43 The Dalles City Council Member Elected Official In support transcribed from the official recording
    Tax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning

    The Dalles City Council members review zoning, tax abatement terms, water allocation, and grid capacity during the approval proceedings.

    "into consideration by the people behind the agreement at what point do we enter into a deficit situation as rainfall becomes less and less frequent and snow melt becomes non existent who gets the water the city or google city council says people who live in the dalles are the priority and they note that under the agreement google has"

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Statement and primary filing The Dalles, OR Hearing Record → Project Dossier: google-the-dalles-data-center-or →
Water Litigation tax_incentives
Column A · Dated Statement
City of The Dalles Council and Google Representatives Municipal Officials and Applicant Counsel (Design LLC and Google)
Venue: The Dalles City Council Approval Record (thedalles.org) and Wasco County Circuit Court Trade Secret Pleadings
"The City of The Dalles and Google asserted in November 2021 council proceedings and Wasco County Circuit Court public records litigation that Google municipal water consumption volume is a protected proprietary trade secret while approving an expansion agreement for two additional data centers along the Columbia River."
KPTV FOX 12 Oregon & OPB Public Media Record
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Column B · Primary Government Record
December 2022 Unsealed City of The Dalles Municipal Water Records (Wasco County Circuit Court Public Records Suit)
Wasco County Circuit Court Case No. 21CV40820 (The Oregonian vs. City of The Dalles)
Agency or Venue: City of The Dalles Public Works Department and Wasco County Circuit Court
"After the City of The Dalles voted in December 2022 to end its 13 month Wasco County Circuit Court lawsuit against The Oregonian, unsealed municipal water records documented that Google existing data centers along the Columbia River consumed 355.1 million gallons of water in 2021, nearly tripling since 2017 and accounting for roughly 29 percent of total city water consumption prior to building the two newly approved campuses."
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