Republican candidate for Oregon House District 52
Scott Hege says transparency about Google's water consumption was a weakness in data center agreements.
Data centers in Wasco County, Oregon
Wasco County has 1 data center on the record; it is running. Wasco County has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: Wasco County commissioners unanimously approved placing 15 million dollars into Community Endowment and Resiliency Fund, September 23, 2026.
How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.
The data center in Wasco 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.
Google The Dalles data center
The Dalles, Wasco County · Google
Latest, reported September 16, 2026: Google opened its first company owned data center in The Dalles in 2006. columbiacommunityconnection.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Wasco County: running. 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 Wasco County on the record (1)
| City | Projects |
|---|---|
| The Dalles | 1 |
What Wasco County has decided
1 body, 1 decision on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Wasco Countycounty
Wasco County commissioners unanimously approved placing 15 million dollars into Community Endowment and Resiliency Fund, reported September 23, 2026.
1 act on this row
- event
Wasco County commissioners unanimously approved placing 15 million dollars into Community Endowment and Resiliency Fund
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What happened
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· Wasco County
Scorecard event: Wasco County commissioners unanimously approved placing 15 million dollars into Community Endowment and Resiliency Fund columbiacommunityconnection.com local outlet
What was said
Democratic Governor Tina Kotek echoed Sanders' call for a data center moratorium in her reelection campaign.
Hank Sanders called for a statewide moratorium of unspecified time on data centers.
Scott Hege believes decisions about data center development, including tax breaks and community investments, should be made locally rather than at the state level.
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2 more statements on this page
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.
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 Wasco County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Wasco County is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Wasco County, Oregon", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/or/wasco-county, updated September 23, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Wasco County, Oregon", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/or/wasco-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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The rows here are part of the Oregon export.
For researchers
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- us/or/wasco-county
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- county
- Census GEOID
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- Rating value
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