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Google The Dalles Data Center Program

The Dalles, Oregon, United StatesStatus under reviewProgram
Evidence
Headline capacity
See constituent sites
Updated
Oct 28, 2026
Utility
Northern Wasco County People's Utility District

Google operates six data center buildings across three sites in The Dalles, with continuing expansion and long-running municipal infrastructure and tax relationships. Google The Dalles Data Center Program is in The Dalles, OR, US and is a program with partially operational status.

Constituent sites / phases

Capacity

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Legacy sitesOperational

4 buildings

Combined program phase pending parcel-level split.

Milestones (2)
Google opens first The Dalles data center

2006 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Commercial operation

Source not linked
Google begins fourth data center building

2015 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Construction started

Source not linked

Participants

Google

Operator

Sources by role
Other participants (4)
Business Oregon

Government authority

Sources by role
City of The Dalles

Government authority

Sources by role
Government authority (1)
Government authority (1)
Government authority (1)
Northern Wasco County People's Utility District

Utility provider

Sources by role
Utility provider (1)
Wasco County

Government authority

Sources by role

Capital & incentives

Capital claims

Statewide investment context

Source report

$7 billions

Source

Incentives

Property tax abatement

for 15 years

Expired · City of The Dalles

First Google property; now reported to pay full taxes.

Property tax abatement

for 15 years

Executed · City of The Dalles

Two agreements expiring in 2031/32 and 2034/35 tax years.

Site & development

Physical site count

Actual

3 sites

Source

Total building count

Actual

6 data center buildings

Source

Legacy building count

Actual

4 data center buildings

Legacy sites · Phase

Source

Additional project facts

Operations start

Actual

2006

Source

Legacy 2005 ez status

Actual

Expired full property tax now due

Source

2013 2015 ez expiration

Actual

2031/32 And 2034/35 tax years

Source

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.