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Google The Dalles data center

Google lists a data center at The Dalles, Oregon among the sites it operates. It is running; the record holds no sourced date for when it reached that stage.

How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified · 5 sources, 1 primary · A skeleton record: built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Land
Not disclosed
Power it would draw
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Who leads it
Google
as stated by the source
Who would use it
Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs
Not disclosed
Tax each year
Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
How much power it needs Not disclosed
How much water it would use Not disclosed
How loud it would be Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs Not disclosed
Tax it would pay each year Not disclosed

The record's fields

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
Who is building it Google as stated by the source September 17, 2026
Who is constructing it Not disclosed
How much land Not disclosed
Where its power comes from Not disclosed
Grid connection Not disclosed
How it is cooled Not disclosed

Tax it would pay each year, also reported: 50,000,000 dollars, 2026 (OPB: Google received $50 million in property tax breaks in The Dalles this year alone.) .

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

  • Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
  • Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
  • Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
  • Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What was decided

Acts of Wasco County and The Dalles about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

DateWhoDecisionSource
Wasco County Wasco County commissioners unanimously approved placing 15 million dollars into Community Endowment and Resiliency Fund columbiacommunityconnection.com

What happened

  1. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Google opened its first company owned data center in The Dalles in 2006. [5]

  2. · Status: running (the day the page was read; it gives no date of its own)

    Google lists Google The Dalles data center at The Dalles, Oregon on its own page of data center locations, read September 14, 2026. [1]

The full Google The Dalles data center timeline, in order

What was said

Democratic Governor Tina Kotek echoed Sanders' call for a data center moratorium in her reelection campaign.
Tina Kotek, Governor of Oregon · September 28, 2026 · paraphrased · OPB local outlet
Hank Sanders called for a statewide moratorium of unspecified time on data centers.
Hank Sanders, candidate for Oregon House 52nd District · September 28, 2026 · paraphrased · OPB local outlet

Every statement about data centers in Oregon, by speaker

3 more statements on this page

Wasco County Commissioner

Scott Hege believes decisions about data center development, including tax breaks and community investments, should be made locally rather than at the state level.

September 28, 2026, OPB · OPB local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Republican candidate for Oregon House District 52

Scott Hege says transparency about Google's water consumption was a weakness in data center agreements.

September 16, 2026, Columbia Community Connection · Columbia Community Connection local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Republican candidate for Oregon House District 52

Scott Hege said he believes local communities should decide whether to accept data centers rather than state level rules.

September 16, 2026, Columbia Community Connection · Columbia Community Connection local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

The site

Where in The Dalles is not in the public record. The pin marks the center of The Dalles, not a building, and the outline is Wasco County.

  • This record: Running, ringed
  • data center
  • Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
  • Smaller pins: 13 other published records in Oregon
Details
  • this record's location, ringed
  • parcel outline, from the county parcel record
  • city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
  • county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

Where
The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon
How exactly it is located
Town level, the center of the city
The parcel
No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes
Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records
Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at the center of its town.

Comparisons

1 metric with more than one figure

Every figure on the record for the same thing, the record's own or the document's first, each with who gave it, its date and its basis.

Tax each year

1 figure, 1 source
Not disclosedNot disclosed

No filing or developer document on the record states one.

50,000,000 dollarsReported

OPB, Jan 1, 2026

Show each source's words
  • 50,000,000 dollars, OPB: Google received $50 million in property tax breaks in The Dalles this year alone.

Keep going

The county Wasco County 1 project on the record. The state Data centers in Oregon Every Oregon project, the rules on the record and what comes next.

Questions about this project

7 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

How big is Google The Dalles data center?

Not disclosed. No source on file gives its capacity, its acreage or a count of buildings. What the record holds instead is under Disclosed.

Who is building Google The Dalles data center?

Google is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.

Who will use Google The Dalles data center?

Not disclosed. No source on file names a tenant, says whether the site is single or multi tenant, or states what it is for. The record keeps the use as not disclosed until one does; see Who it serves.

How much power and water does Google The Dalles data center say it needs?

Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Google The Dalles data center stand today?

It is running; the date it reached that stage is not sourced, only the day a page was read. The newest entry, reported September 16, 2026: Google opened its first company owned data center in The Dalles in 2006. [5]

What has The Dalles or Wasco County decided about it?

Wasco County: Wasco County commissioners unanimously approved placing 15 million dollars into Community Endowment and Resiliency Fund (reported September 23, 2026, source). 1 event is on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

What is still unknown about Google The Dalles data center?

Not disclosed by any source on file: how much power it needs, how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, who is constructing it, how much land, where its power comes from, grid connection, how it is cooled. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Primary documents

  1. Google: Data center locations, Google, September 14, 2026

Reporting

  1. Locals testify on latest Google Deal - columbiacommunityconnection.com, columbiacommunityconnection.com, February 18, 2026, query feed
  2. Google gains approval to site and construct Data Center in Port of TD - Columbia Community Connection, Columbia Community Connection, November 4, 2025, query feed
  3. Google going great guns; here comes another one - Columbia Community Connection, Columbia Community Connection, November 28, 2025, query feed
  4. Hege Puts Experience at Center of House District 52 Campaign - Columbia Community Connection, Columbia Community Connection, September 16, 2026, local outlet

5 sources on file.

Cite this record

Data Center Record, "Google The Dalles data center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/google-the-dalles-data-center-or, last verified September 17, 2026.

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Slug
google-the-dalles-data-center-or
Status value
operational
Stage
Running
Tier
skeleton
Tags
skeleton
Place id
us/or/wasco-county/the-dalles
Coordinates
45.6052854, -121.1819581
Location precision
city
Location source
U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb city centroid, public domain
Coordinate source
tigerweb city centroid
Location source number
Not disclosed
Location last verified
September 14, 2026
EPA registry id
Not disclosed
Use type values
not_disclosed
Tenancy value
not_disclosed
Cooling type value
not_disclosed
Capacity basis
not_disclosed
Water basis
not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
Acreage basis
Not disclosed
Interconnection value
not_disclosed
Capacity, if disclosed
Not disclosed
Rating of the county's rows
Not disclosed
Published
2026-09-14
Last verified
2026-09-17