No project in Lexington Town, but 3 nearby
Who decides here: the Town Council of Lexington Town votes on zoning. The Morrow County may review big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Amazon 1,300-acre 'exascale' campus near Boardman (former Threemile Canyon Farms land)
Morrow County
1,300 acres · for Amazon (AWS)
🕒 April 2026: Amazon bought about 1,300 acres from Threemile Canyon Farms for $37 million; planning pa…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Approved, not built yetabout 4 miles awayPercheron data center campus (Rowan) on Tower Road
Morrow County
190 acres
🕒 Sept 6, 2023: Morrow County commissioners voted 3-0 to rezone 190 acres from farm to industrial use.
Approved, not built yetabout 5 miles awayAmazon PDX 154 data center campus near Boardman Airport
Morrow County
for Amazon (AWS)
🕒 March 31, 2026: Planning commission approved the campus with conditions on stormwater, wastewater and ru…
Local votes and rules
✅ Approved · Morrow County
Morrow County Planning Commission approved Amazon's land use application for its PDX 154 data center campus on airport light industrial land about 3.7 miles west of Boardman (file LUD-N-089-25). Conditions: Amazon must deal with stormwater and wastewater impacts, and its lighting must not affect the airport runway.
🗺️ Zoning change · Morrow County
Morrow County commissioners held a hearing on rezoning about 1,298 acres of Threemile Canyon Farms land west of the Boardman Airport from farm and 'Space Age Industrial' to General Industrial, with an overlay allowing only very large (exascale) data centers. A county planning slide from April 2026 shows the 1,300-acre exascale data center overlay in place. Amazon later bought the land.
🗺️ Zoning change · Morrow County
Morrow County commissioners voted 3-0 to rezone 190 acres from farm to industrial use for Rowan's Percheron data center campus. The vote came after a delay when the state land use agency (DLCD) objected to rezoning farmland.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Lexington Town. - Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Lexington Town: Bonneville Power Administration (public) or Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc. (not available).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Oregon.