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Data center project · Morrow County, Oregon

Amazon (AWS) campuses in Morrow County

Operating · Amazon's established Morrow County data centers around Boardman, kept as operating context for the new campuses above. Also known as: PDX109.

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Status
Operating · as of Sept. 10, 2026
Location
Boardman area and Port of Morrow · Morrow County
Power
Not reported
No power figure in the sources reviewed.
Developer and team
Amazon (AWS)
Water
Many sites are outside urban growth boundaries and get industrial water from the Port of Morrow, according to state land-use staff.
Incentives
Amazon pays enterprise zone sponsors in lieu of some taxes; it paid more than $19 million in Morrow County property taxes, close to half of the county's taxable value (2025 reporting).
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.

Updates, newest first

  1. Oct. 13, 2026 Oregon Rural Action said the governor's permit pause could affect a proposed Amazon hyperscale facility in Boardman whose air permit was under review. (Oregon Capital Chronicle (via Washington State Standard), Oct. 13, 2026)
  2. Sept. 10, 2026 OPB reported more than 50 data centers online in Morrow and Umatilla counties and a DEQ comment period on an air permit for another AWS project in the Boardman area. (OPB, Sept. 10, 2026)
  3. July 22, 2026 OPB reported 14 hyperscale data centers, all Amazon's, in the Lower Umatilla Basin, and estimated that their diesel generators in a large blackout would emit about twice the pollution of all Oregon road traffic over the same period; Amazon called such a blackout unlikely. (OPB (First Look newsletter), July 22, 2026)
  4. March 31, 2026 The plaintiffs' lawyers announced that Amazon agreed to a $20.5 million settlement with the residents suing in Pearson v. Port of Morrow over nitrate-contaminated groundwater, with no admission of guilt; the residents are still suing other defendants. (Oregon Capital Chronicle (via OPB), March 31, 2026)
  5. May 30, 2025 Local officials said Amazon has five data centers in Morrow County, three still tax-exempt, and pays more than $19 million a year in county property taxes. (East Oregonian (via Hermiston Herald), May 30, 2025)
  6. March 27, 2025 DEQ took comment on swapping a diesel backup generator at PDX109, 75242 Gar Swanson Rd., Boardman, with no increase in emission limits. (East Oregonian, March 27, 2025)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Counts differ: five data centers (2025 local officials), 10 approved campuses of about four or five buildings each (county planner, 2026) and 14 Amazon hyperscale buildings basin-wide (OPB). They measure different things and are shown as given.
  • Which campus the Boardman air permit under review covers was not stated.

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