81708 Lind Road lies outside Hermiston's city limits in unincorporated Umatilla County, which is the whole difference between this campus and Amazon's Penney Avenue site a few miles away: Umatilla Electric Cooperative serves it directly, with no municipal utility to negotiate around. The county commissioners approved four data centres west of Hermiston on about 120 acres in April 2017, and in September 2022 Amazon was reported pursuing two further plots of 9.97 and 120.83 acres. In April 2023 Amazon announced an agreement with the cooperative under which it takes responsibility for selecting its own energy supply, targeting 100% renewable power by 2025. The cooperative buys wholesale from the Bonneville Power Administration and serves about 16,000 customers, a base whose data-centre load has made it one of Oregon's largest emitters. Morrow County's 2024 regional report uses the site as its AWS case study.
Unincorporated Umatilla County, outside Hermiston city limits, though the postal address is Hermiston 97838.
When was the campus approved?
April 2017, when Umatilla County commissioners approved four data centres west of Hermiston on roughly 120 acres.
What did Amazon agree with Umatilla Electric Cooperative?
An arrangement announced in April 2023 under which Amazon takes responsibility for selecting its own energy supply, with a target of 100% renewable power by 2025.
How large is the cooperative that serves it?
About 16,000 customers. Its data-centre load nonetheless made Umatilla Electric Cooperative one of Oregon's largest emitters, and it buys wholesale power from the Bonneville Power Administration.
What further land has Amazon sought here?
Two Hermiston plots of 9.97 and 120.83 acres, reported in September 2022.