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Data center project · Morrow County, Oregon

Amazon 1,300-acre site, Boardman (exascale overlay)

Site zoned or marketed · About 1,300 acres of former dairy grazing land near Boardman that Amazon bought, where a consultant's land-use proposal describes up to 20 data center buildings and up to 1 GW.

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Status
Site zoned or marketed · as of April 24, 2026
Location
Near Boardman and the Boardman Airport · Morrow County
Status note
Amazon confirmed buying land in Boardman but says development plans are not final; Morrow County lists a 1,300-acre data center overlay, and no site plan was found.
Power
1,000 MW
Up to 1 GW according to planning records from consultant Johnson Economics submitted to Morrow County, as reported by The Oregonian (via GeekWire and DCD); Amazon says development plans are not final.
Land
1,300 acres
Investment
$8 billion to $12 billion in the Johnson Economics proposal (as reported)
Developer and team
Amazon (AWS)
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.

Updates, newest first

  1. April 24, 2026 Morrow County's planning director told the governor's advisory committee the county has 10 approved data center campuses, one application under review, a 1,300-acre data center overlay and a separate 300-acre overlay. (Morrow County Planning Department (to the Governor's Data Center Advisory Committee), April 24, 2026)
  2. March 30, 2026 GeekWire, citing The Oregonian, reported Amazon bought 1,300 acres near Boardman where a Johnson Economics land-use proposal filed with the county described 16 to 20 buildings of about 250,000 square feet each and up to 1 GW; Amazon said its plans were not final. (GeekWire, March 30, 2026; DatacenterDynamics, March 31, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • The Oregonian article itself was not opened; its figures are taken from GeekWire and DCD.
  • That the 1,300-acre overlay in Morrow County's April 2026 slides is Amazon's site is inferred from the matching acreage; the slides do not name Amazon.
  • Building figures differ: 16 to 20 buildings of about 250,000 square feet each (GeekWire) versus 20 buildings and about 4 million square feet (DCD), both from the same planning documents.
  • The map point is approximate (near Boardman).

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