Stop the Data Center Takeover

Rural communities are telling big tech companies to halt new data centers until our health and natural resources are protected. Join us

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THE PROBLEM

What’s the problem with data centers?

Data centers threaten every aspect of our lives:

Water

Consuming millions of gallons of water in the hottest part of the year.

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Air

Polluting our air with diesel generators.

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Affordable Power

Straining the electric grid, raising bills, risking blackouts.

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Farmland

Paving over thousands of acres.

FAQS

Who pays the price?

We all pay the price while Big Tech profits.

75 percent of new data centers are planned for Morrow and Umatilla counties, where we already live with polluted drinking water. Meanwhile local officials are making closed-door deals that let these companies dodge local taxes.

That’s our money for our schools, roads, and fire departments.

What’s the solution?

Rural Oregonians deserve both good jobs and safe air; economic development and fair taxes; growth and farmland protection.

The State of Oregon must finally stand up for us. We need new laws that protect our communities from data centers that pollute, dodge taxes, consume our resources, and take over in our towns.

How will we stop Big Tech?

We win by showing up with our neighbors on the front lines of the data center takeover.

Big Tech comes to our towns with more money, lobbyists, and lawyers. We may be outmatched, but we won't be intimidated. We have power in numbers.

This is our home. Our fight. Our future.

“Endless Pressure Endlessly Applied”

- Brock Evans

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Join the fight for a future on our terms.

We can't sit back and wait for big corporations or elected officials to fix the problems. Give today to keep rural Oregonians organizing for the place we call home.

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PETITION

Give Communities a say in data center deals!

Add your name to call for a halt to development of new data centers in eastern Oregon until:

Tax loopholes are closed.
New rules protect our economy, health, water, air, and wildlife
Officials make data center deals transparent.

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Blog

News coverage

Why does Oregon have so many data centers? And why do we need more?

News coverage

Tech companies have built gigantic data centers in Oregon for over 20 years. Now, even the rumor of a new data center coming to a community leads to packed city council meetings, rallies against their construction and calls for moratoriums on new ones.