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Retail water via City of The Dalles; subject of a 2022-2023 public-records dispute (The Oregonian).","servingUtility":null,"acreage":null,"totalBuildingSqft":null,"streetAddress":null,"notes":"Google's ~$1.8B campus on a former aluminum smelter site has multiple operational data centers under Enterprise Zone agreements (2005/2013/2015) plus newer buildings under a 2021 Strategic Investment Program agreement with The Dalles and Wasco County; the city approved a fifth data center. Per-building MW load is not disclosed, but scale (2024 water use ~434M gallons; a >100 MW dedicated wind PPA) indicates the campus well exceeds 100 MW.","keyFacts":[{"label":"Campus footprint / City of The Dalles (primary)","value":"The City of The Dalles states Google has operated data centers there since 2006, with four buildings across two sites and a third site that added two additional buildings. As part of redevelopment of the former smelter site, the City says Google completed new water and sewer infrastructure in 2025 that has since been transferred to City ownership ([City of The Dalles, Google Data Centers](https://www.thedalles.gov/business/google_data_centers/index.php))","sourceUrl":"https://www.thedalles.gov/business/google_data_centers/index.php"},{"label":"EZ / SIP tax abatement stack (primary city)","value":"City pages summarize Oregon Enterprise Zone (EZ) and Strategic Investment Program (SIP) agreements with Google (Design, LLC), administered with Wasco County and Business Oregon as 15-year tax abatement programs with initial and yearly payments. The first EZ (2005) has expired with Google paying full taxes on that property; second and third EZ agreements (2013 and 2015) are described as expiring in tax years 2031/32 and 2034/35, with a projected $45.78 million in total community payments by the end of those abatements ([City of The Dalles EZ & SIP](https://www.thedalles.gov/business/google_data_centers/ezandsipagreements.php))","sourceUrl":"https://www.thedalles.gov/business/google_data_centers/ezandsipagreements.php"},{"label":"2021 SIP for up to two data centers (primary + county report)","value":"The City states a 2021 SIP agreement covers up to two data centers, with yearly payments including a taxable portion, Community Service Fee (CSF), and Guaranteed Annual Payment (GAP) based on final property valuations. Columbia Gorge News reported Wasco County unanimously approved the SIP with Google (Design LLC) on Oct 20, 2021 for up to two new server facilities and related warehouses on Google-owned property, noting the agreement does not guarantee the facilities will be built ([City of The Dalles EZ & SIP](https://www.thedalles.gov/business/google_data_centers/ezandsipagreements.php); [Columbia Gorge News, Oct 27 2021](https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/wasco-county-approves-google-agreement/article_c7565478-3678-11ec-8e14-7733c8b845fd.html))","sourceUrl":"https://www.thedalles.gov/business/google_data_centers/ezandsipagreements.php"},{"label":"2024 SIP revenue budget policy (primary city)","value":"In December 2024 the City Council adopted Resolution No. 24-030 establishing budgetary policy for SIP revenues under the 2021 Design, LLC agreement (Initial Payment to Special Enterprise Reserve; Property Tax to General Fund; Community Service Fee to Capital Improvement then Special Enterprise Reserve; Guaranteed Annual Payment to Special Enterprise Reserve for Public Works Master Plan projects) ([City of The Dalles EZ & SIP](https://www.thedalles.gov/business/google_data_centers/ezandsipagreements.php))","sourceUrl":"https://www.thedalles.gov/business/google_data_centers/ezandsipagreements.php"}],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"http://www.thedalles.gov/business/google_data_centers/ezandsipagreements.php","date":"2021-11-09","title":"Enterprise Zone & Strategic Investment Program Agreements with Google","publisher":"City of The Dalles"},{"url":"https://www.costar.com/article/1934080842/google-advances-plan-to-expand-sprawling-data-center-campus-near-portland-oregon","date":"2024-01-01","title":"Google advances plan to expand sprawling data center campus near Portland, Oregon","publisher":"CoStar"},{"url":"https://www.thedalles.gov/business/google_data_centers/index.php","date":"2025-01-01","title":"Google Data Centers in The Dalles","publisher":"City of The Dalles"},{"url":"https://www.thedalles.gov/business/google_data_centers/ezandsipagreements.php","date":"2024-12-01","title":"Enterprise Zone & Strategic Investment Program Agreements with Google","publisher":"City of The Dalles"},{"url":"https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/wasco-county-approves-google-agreement/article_c7565478-3678-11ec-8e14-7733c8b845fd.html","date":"2021-10-27","title":"Wasco County approves Google agreement","publisher":"Columbia Gorge News"}],"reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-08-17T20:25:12.469Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-29T05:52:54.221Z","location":{"id":"c66bd0d7-b5fb-4455-b8e1-77013d15b76d","name":"The Dalles","slug":"the-dalles-oregon","kind":"city","parentLocationId":"f7d56e51-36fd-4beb-b462-aa645f88e331","region":"Oregon","lat":45.6015056,"lng":-121.1841587,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"high","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-08-17T20:25:12.071Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-21T03:20:12.226Z"},"parties":[{"id":"b2ee7485-0c2c-49a1-ad73-633fd413fa70","dataCenterId":"963decea-f424-4814-a8de-94389e75476a","companyId":null,"externalName":"Northern Wasco County PUD","role":"utility","structureNotes":"Local public utility district","createdAt":"2026-08-17T20:25:14.003Z","company":null},{"id":"feb76bdc-445c-4f55-b47d-9d99aafe8ce5","dataCenterId":"963decea-f424-4814-a8de-94389e75476a","companyId":null,"externalName":"Avangrid","role":"offtaker","structureNotes":"Wind PPA supplier","createdAt":"2026-08-17T20:25:14.757Z","company":null},{"id":"76357509-7505-4703-a61c-5e00086151b1","dataCenterId":"963decea-f424-4814-a8de-94389e75476a","companyId":"0ed0d0e3-6e8b-4701-a812-f13221399dd4","externalName":"Google (Design, LLC)","role":"operator","structureNotes":"SIP/EZ agreements administered by Business Oregon","createdAt":"2026-08-17T20:25:13.239Z","company":{"id":"0ed0d0e3-6e8b-4701-a812-f13221399dd4","name":"Google","slug":"google"}},{"id":"c75b74fe-3de9-435e-bf82-3e32d4420cda","dataCenterId":"963decea-f424-4814-a8de-94389e75476a","companyId":null,"externalName":"Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.","role":"construction","structureNotes":"General contractor for the ~$600M / two ~290,000 sq ft new-build expansion (broke ground Sept 2024).","createdAt":"2026-08-19T00:14:51.385Z","company":null},{"id":"eeffe2be-e68f-426b-8f0d-497c7c78d356","dataCenterId":"963decea-f424-4814-a8de-94389e75476a","companyId":null,"externalName":"Northwest Aluminum","role":"land_owner","structureNotes":"Prior owner of the former smelter site; 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