Oregon data centers: 111 facilities consume nearly 1/4 of state's power

Oregon data centers: 111 facilities consume nearly 1/4 of state's power opb.org

A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.

14 points•awnird•11 days ago•4 comments•

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floxy11 days ago

What fraction of Oregon electrical generation is exported to other states? No mention in the article of Oregon's extensive hydroelectric generation or wind farms in the eastern part of the state.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_Oregon

...maybe they should rethink their anti-nuclear climate-change-denial stance in Oregon (sayonara Trojan).

Danox11 days ago

No worries

The Chinese are going beating us over the head with Oak Ridge, Tennessee even if we drop everything today we are 10-15 years behind.

https://www.neimagazine.com/news/china-refuels-thorium-react...

https://china-environment-news.net/2025/06/01/world-first-ch...

pstuart11 days ago

It's beyond shameful how the US squandered its investments in science and technology and let the crony capitalists strip mine our economy instead.

But hey, it's ok because we have plenty of beautiful, clean coal. /s

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