1 data center project in Umatilla City
Who decides here: the City Council of Umatilla City votes on zoning. The Umatilla County may review big projects too.
In Umatilla City
Local votes and rules
🤝 Agreement with the company
At a Umatilla County commissioners meeting, the county, the city of Umatilla and Sabey approved a 15-year property tax break for Sabey's data center campus. Sabey must invest at least $200 million, hire at least 10 full-time workers paid 130% of the county average wage, pay a $2 million community fee, and make yearly payments to the school district ($85,000) and fire district ($58,000).
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Umatilla City. - 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 Umatilla City: Pacificorp (company) or Bonneville Power Administration (public) or Umatilla Electric Co-op Assn (co-op (owned by its members)).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Oregon.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Which utility will power the Sabey Umatilla campus, and are new power lines needed?
- Did Sabey get enterprise zone tax breaks for this campus?
- How many diesel backup generators are planned?