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Google The Dalles Former Smelter Campus

The Dalles / former aluminum smelter site, Oregon, United StatesPartially operational
Evidence
Headline capacity
Not established in published records
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

Google's third The Dalles campus redevelops former aluminum-smelter land with two planned buildings and new water and sewer infrastructure. Google The Dalles Former Smelter Campus is in The Dalles / former aluminum smelter site, OR, US and is a data center campus with partially operational status.

Program relationships

Google The Dalles Data Center Program · Program

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

Smelter campus building 1Operational

1 building

City/OPB report completion; exact service date remains open.

Smelter campus building 2Under construction

1 building

Forecast pending primary completion confirmation.

Milestones (4)
SIP agreement established for up to two data centers

Nov 2021 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Permit approved

Source not linked
ASR and associated water rights transferred to city

Oct 22, 2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Construction completed

Source not linked
First third-site building completed

2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Construction completed

Source not linked
Second third-site building expected to complete

2026 · Forecast / planned record

Forecast · Forecast completion

Source not linked

Participants

Design, LLC

Owner

Sources by role
Owner (1)
Google

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)
Developer (1)
Other participants (1)
City of The Dalles

Government authority

Sources by role
Government authority (1)
Government authority (1)

Capital & incentives

Capital claims

Sip tax abatement term

Actual

15 years

Source

Incentives

Property tax abatement

for 15 years

Executed · City of The Dalles

2021 SIP for up to two data centers with taxable portion, community service fee and GAP payments.

Site & development

Building completion year

Actual

2025

Smelter campus building 1 · Phase

Source

Sip building scope

Source report

2 data center buildings

Source

Additional project facts

Public asr capacity added

Source report

100 million gallons per year

Source

Ownership transfer

Actual

Transferred to city with associated groundwater rights

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (1)
Utility service

Operational

100 million gallons per year

New water/sewer infrastructure plus ASR system and associated rights transferred to city; capacity is public-system benefit, not consumption.

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