We Need to Talk About Data Centers

If you’ve done any traveling in Oregon, you’re no stranger to the gorgeous landscapes our state has to offer – the lush, rolling hills of the Willamette Valley, the Tolkienesque cliffslides of the Columbia River Gorge, the high-desert drama of Central Oregon. But if you’ve hit the road in the past few years, you might have noticed some new additions to the vistas around you: sprawling, nondescript buildings in the distance, like massive windowless office complexes. If this describes a familiar sight, then there’s a good chance you’ve seen a large data center. Data centers are becoming a more prominent feature of Oregon’s landscape. ...