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Data center campus · About 9 miles south of I-84 on Tower Road, north of the Carty Generating Station, southwest of Boardman, Morrow County, Oregon

Percheron Data Center (Rowan), Tower Road, Morrow County

Approved as of Sept. 20, 2023

A 300 MW data center plan on 274 former farm acres beside the Carty power plant, which the county rezoned to data center-only industrial land in 2023 over state land-use staff objections. Also known as: AC-145-23, ACM-146-23, AZM-147-23, ORD-2023-6.

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Power300MW reported · stated
Floor area1,125,000sq ft
Site274acres
IT load248MW

Who is behind it

ProjectPercheron Data Center (Rowan), Tower Road, Morrow CountyAlso: AC-145-23, ACM-146-23, AZM-147-23, ORD-2023-6
Developer and teamRowan Percheron, LLC (Rowan Green Data; Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners)
End userNone under contract as of 2023

The record, newest first

  1. DCD, on a page showing no date, described four buildings totaling 1.125 million square feet, no customer under contract, and a planned 2024 construction start. (DatacenterDynamics, undated)

  2. State land-use staff listed the Percheron site among Morrow County's rezonings. (Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, Feb. 24, 2026)

  3. A local report said the State Land Board would discuss selling subsurface mineral and geothermal rights under the 274 acres to Rowan Percheron LLC, which controls the surface. (Elkhorn Media Group, June 9, 2025)

  4. Commissioners unanimously adopted ORD-2023-6 on second reading and took up the final findings; the minutes record no separate vote on the findings. (Morrow County Board of Commissioners, Sept. 20, 2023; Morrow County Planning Department, undated)

  5. County commissioners unanimously approved the applications and held the first reading of the ordinance. (Morrow County Board of Commissioners, Sept. 6, 2023; Hermiston Herald, Sept. 10, 2023)

  6. State land-use staff questioned the need for this site and listed seven alternatives, and 1000 Friends of Oregon raised water supply concerns, according to local reporting; commissioners postponed a decision. (Hermiston Herald, Aug. 22, 2023)

  7. The county planning department listed as pending Rowan Percheron, LLC's application to rezone about 274 acres from Exclusive Farm Use to General Industrial, limited to a data center, with exceptions to Goals 3, 11 and 14. (Morrow County Planning Department, June 27, 2023)

  8. A study prepared for Rowan Percheron, LLC and posted in the county file sized the project at 300 utility MW and 248 critical MW in four buildings, at about $2.25 billion. (Morrow County Planning Department (Johnson Economics for Rowan Percheron, LLC), Feb. 2023)

Conflicts and open questions

  • The map point is approximate, placed from the Tower Road location in county records.
  • Distance from Boardman differs: about 11 miles (Hermiston Herald, DCD), about six miles (Elkhorn).
  • The rezoning predates 2024; it is kept because the land sale record continues into 2025 and the land stays data center-only. DCD reported a planned 2024 start, but no construction was found.
  • The Land Board's decision and any appeal of the ordinance were not found.
  • DCD's page shows no date.

The full record

Status note
The county rezoned the land for a data center in 2023; in June 2025 the developer was still seeking the state's subsurface rights, and no construction record was found.
Power note
300 utility MW and 248 critical MW, from a February 2023 economic study by Johnson Economics prepared for the applicant and posted in the county file.
Floor area note
DCD reported four buildings totaling 1.125 million square feet; the applicant's study says nearly one million; local reporting said two to five buildings, depending on the customer.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Nov. 7, 2026.