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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is Considering the Development of an AI-focused Data Center to Support Department of Energy Research into Large Language Models

The US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has issued a request for information (RFI) for an “on-premises next-generation AI compute data center.”The proposed facility would be funded and operated by the DOE itself, separate from a broader initiative that would ...

February 28, 2026

Pacific Northwest

Sophia Space Secures $3.5m for Orbital Data Centers

Seattle-based Sophia Space, an orbital computing venture, has raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding led by Unlock Ventures with the participation of angel investors, to develop Edge compute solutions for orbit and what they call space-based data centers.“We are at the dawn of a new era where...

May 27, 2025

Seattle

Oregon regulators approve PacifiCorp penalties for high-load energy users

The Oregon Public Utility Commission has ruled in favor of a PacifiCorp proposal that would penalize large-load customers, such as data centers, whose energy use at new facilities is not in line with forecast needs. "The scale of utility procurement and stranded asset risk associated with the...

December 27, 2024

Oregon

Phaidra raises funds for data center cooling control system

Industrial AI company Phaidra has raised $12 million for its data center cooling control system from Index Ventures and will use the money for R&D, implementation, and go-to-market efforts.“The data center industry is in the midst of an arms race to build new capacity wherever land and po...

July 05, 2024

Seattle

BW digital & Telin partner up on a portion of Hawaiki Nui subsea system

BW Digital and PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin) have signed a memorandum of understanding in Washington DC this week to team up on constructing the 10,000km Hawaiki Nui 1 cable, which will be part of the wider 26,000km system. The Hawaiki Nui 1 cable will link Australia, Indon...

May 16, 2024

Washington

Armada raises funds for data center modules

Washington-based Edge computing firm Armada has announced that it recently raised $55 million for its Edge computing modules and management platform. The funds was raised from investors including Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Shield Capital, and 8090 Industries, with participation from Felicis, ...

December 16, 2023

Washington

Palisade Infrastructure acquires ISP Rainier Connect

Australian infrastructure investment firm Palisade Infrastructure this week completed the acquisition of 100 percent of the equity interests in Mashell, Ranier's parent company. Following this acquisition, Rainier Connect has been rebranded as Lightcurve with immediate effect. Mike Reynolds, m...

November 11, 2023

Washington

Morrow County, Oregon, rezones Percheron data center land

Land 11 miles southwest of Boardman in Oregon's Morrow County has been zoned from agricultural to industrial, and the board of commissioners has given authorization. The change in zoning will permit the construction of data centers on the site. There are proposals to construct a 50MW solar fa...

September 12, 2023

Oregon

$100 million data center plan in Columbia River Gorge 'discontinued'

In Oregon, Cascade Locks port authority has announced the decision to discontinue Roundhouse Digital Infrastructure's $100 million data center project in the Columbia River Gorge. The startup had planned to build a 10MW data center targeting "niche government and energy industry" clients. Howe...

July 25, 2023

Oregon

Washington House Bill 1416 signed into law to regulate emissions tied to crypto mining and data centers

In Washington, House Bill 1416, a Bill set on regulating carbon emissions tied to crypto mining and data centers has been signed into law. Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 3, the legislation closed a loophole in the previously passed Clean Energy Transformation Act, which enabled crypto mining...

May 09, 2023

Washington

New clean energy standards for data centers in Oregon ahead; Washington to follow

The Oregon state legislature has introduced a new bill which would require data centers and crypto miners in the state to comply with clean energy standards or be faced with a penalty. The 2023 'House Bill 2816' outlines that high-energy use facilities must reduce their emissions associated wi...

February 08, 2023

Oregon

Crane Data Centers partners with Principal for new 100MW data center

Crane Data Centers Inc. is partnering with Principal Asset Management through its real estate investment team, to build a 100+MW data center campus in the Forest Grove area, near Hillsboro.The campus, to be located in the Forest Grove area, will include a 300,000-square-foot facility on a 35-a...

January 17, 2023

Oregon

Residents of The Dalles, Oregon gain access to Google's water consumption data following lawsuit settlement

Those living in drought-prone The Dalles, Oregon, home to Google’s massive data centers, now know how much water the giant has consumed. This information, previously kept a secret by city officials, has been released following a legal fight funded by Google and launched by the city against The...

January 03, 2023

Google The Dalles Oregon

Google's 15-Year Tax Break on Oregon Data Center Expires

Google has started paying property taxes at its Oregon data center- 15 years after it launched the facility. The company got a tax bill of $5.2m from Wasco County after its tax break expired. Google developed the data center in 2006. The tax bill might be small for Google, but it will signi...

November 11, 2022

Google The Dalles Oregon

Oregon to revisit tax breaks for data center operators and tech companies

In September, it was announced that tax breaks for data centers in Oregon might be getting a serious re-examination. Over the years, through Oregon's enterprise zone program, tax incentives have made Oregon a haven for data center operators, with Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google saving aroun...

October 07, 2022

Oregon

Underwater data center off the US west coast could be operational by end of 2022

According to reports, the first commercial underwater data center off the US west coast could be operational by the end of 2022. Named the "Jules Verne Pod" and created by Subsea Cloud, the 20ft pod will reportedly have space for 16 datacenter racks, accommodate 800 servers, scalable to 100,...

September 07, 2022

Washington

Stack Acquires Land in Portland For Expansion

Stack Infrastructure is expanding in the Hillsboro area of Portland, Oregon, after acquiring more land in the area. The company announced that it is expanding its Portland data center campus to 200MW with the land acquisition. Upon full build-out, the company’s total capacity in Portland will ...

July 22, 2022

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Washington State Wants To Make Tax Exemptions For Data Center Development

Washington is looking to increase data center development in the state by passing some data center tax exemption bills. The HB 1846 bill, which was introduced by Democrats Alex Ramel and April Berg, would introduce tax exemptions on data center facilities developed in rural counties. The bill ...

March 14, 2022

Washington

Stack makes progress at its Hillsboro campus

Stack Infrastructure has announced that it has made progress at its new Hillsboro campus in Oregon with the completion of its first building. Spanning 180,000 sqft, with a capacity of 24MW, that said, only half of that capacity (12MW) is available due to pre-leasing activity.The facility, POR0...

January 17, 2022

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EdgeConneX Portland Data Center Campus Now Enabled with 100Gbps AWS Direct Connect Offering

EdgeConnex has announced that it has deployed Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect 100Gbps capability at its Portland data center. The Company has been an AWS Partner Network since 2016. It has now expanded its connection options from 1Gbps and 10Gbps to 100Gbps. The expansion will enab...

September 01, 2021

EdgeConneX Portland

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