Data center project · Morrow County, Oregon
Amazon data center campus, Boardman Airport (tax lot 136)
Approved · An Amazon campus of about 816,000 square feet on Airport Light Industrial land next to the Boardman Airport, approved 5-2 by the county planning commission on March 31, 2026. Also known as: LUD-N-089-25, PDX 154.
- Status
- Approved · as of March 31, 2026
- Location
- About 3.7 miles west of Boardman, on the southeast side of the Boardman Airport, southwest of the Tower Road/I-84 interchange · Morrow County
- Power
- Not reported
No power figure in the county record or reporting reviewed. - Floor area
- 816,000 sq ft
- Developer and team
- Amazon Data Services
- Water
- Plans include an 8-acre stormwater evaporation pond, two 2-acre wastewater evaporation ponds and a 1.4-acre septic drain field (as reported).
- Evidence
- Primary public records
- Size class
- Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Updates, newest first
- March 31, 2026 The planning commission approved the continued application 5-2 with amended findings, according to draft minutes; a business journal reported conditions on stormwater, wastewater and runway lighting. (Morrow County Planning Commission, March 31, 2026; Morrow County Planning Commission, April 28, 2026; Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business, April 14, 2026)
- Feb. 24, 2026 The planning commission heard Amazon's application; neighbors and Oregon Rural Action raised bird-strike, nitrate, air and water concerns, and one commissioner said he would vote against these data centers if he could. The record was held open. (Morrow County Planning Commission, Feb. 24, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
- The approval comes from draft minutes in the county's April 28, 2026 packet; final minutes were not found.
- Amazon's lawyer told the commission the land was rezoned for industrial use, including data centers, in 2016.
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