Courtney Lee, senior manager for state and local policy, Amazon Web Services
Amazon representative said company runs diesel generators about 12 hours per year for testing and maintenance
Data centers in Morrow County, Oregon
Morrow County has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. No county or city rule about data centers is on the record for Morrow County yet.
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The data center in Morrow County
Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
Amazon Eastern Oregon Data Centers
Boardman, Morrow County · Amazon
Latest, reported September 10, 2026: Amazon data center project is proceeding in the Boardman area with Oregon Department of Environmental Quality opening public comment period for air quality permit opb.org local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Morrow County: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The cities in Morrow County on the record (1)
| City | Projects |
|---|---|
| Boardman | 1 |
What happened
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· Amazon Eastern Oregon Data Centers
Now reported: Settlement motion filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, Pendleton Division hbsslaw.com primary source
What was said
Jim Doherty, former Morrow County Commissioner, said opposition to data centers is a unifying moment between rural and urban Oregon
Amazon representative said Amazon data center uses less water than local agriculture industry
David Sykes, chair of the Morrow County Board of Commissioners, said decisions over data centers on private property are up to local government
Every Oregon statement, by speaker
1 more statement on this page
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 1 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Morrow County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Morrow County is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Morrow County, Oregon", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/or/morrow-county, updated September 17, 2026.
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Data Center Record, "Data center records in Morrow County, Oregon", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/or/morrow-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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For researchers
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- Census GEOID
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