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Google Data Center The Dalles Oregon

Wasco County, OR

Source: OpenStreetMap

Google Data Center The Dalles Oregon is an operating data center in Wasco County, OR, operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 185 MW of reported power capacity and a 1,487,396 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Real parent
Alphabet Inc.
Operator
Google LLC
Power
185 MW
Footprint
1,487,396 sq ft
Utility
Northern Wasco County PUD
Grid
BPAT
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

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Google Data Center The Dalles is an operating data center in Wasco County, Oregon, run by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc. Operational since 2025, the site spans 1,487,396 square feet and draws a reported 185 MW of power. It pulls electricity from Northern Wasco County PUD within the BPAT balancing authority.

Operator chain

Known aliases: Google The Dalles

In the news

source: GDELT

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

These tax breaks are recorded to Alphabet Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

Total to this operator: $31.7M
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
  • Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$16,044,286
    Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
  • Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$15,660,346
    Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2018 · term — yr · source
Statewide cost of this incentive

Oregon reported $26.9M in Enterprise Zone (Long-Term Rural EZ, ORS 285C.400) property-tax abatement — Crook County (Meta Prineville campus) for FY2025 (Crook County, Oregon (audited financial statements / GASB 77 note)). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

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Water use

  • Reported consumption828.5K gpd
    2023 · consumption · reported as “Google The Dalles” · source

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow
12
PM2.5
Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (The Dalles), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023
Median household income
$40.5K
People of color
36%
Below poverty
21%
Tract population
3,374

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Chenowith Elementary School in The Dalles, is 1.1 mi from this site (384 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.