Amazon submitted plans to Morrow County to build an ‘exascale’ data center (comprising up to 20 separate data centers) on the nearly 1,300 acres near Boardman, the tech giant bought earlier this month for $37 million.
Amazon Plans ‘Exascale’ Data Center Near Boardman
‘Exascale’ data centers are 800 to 1,500 acres, and the property near Boardman looks set to become Oregon’s first ‘exascale’ data center.
Planning documents submitted to Morrow County set out a potential 1-gigawatt facility over up to 20 buildings over 4 million square feet- three times bigger than the Washington Square mall in Tigard.
But Amazon hasn’t yet submitted a development application for the site or set a timetable to start building…