Amazon 1,300-acre 'exascale' campus near Boardman (former Threemile Canyon Farms land)
Also called: AWS Threemile exascale campus
Amazon bought about 1,300 acres near Boardman. Papers filed with the county describe up to 20 data center buildings using up to 1 gigawatt of power, more than all homes in Portland. It could cost $8 to $12 billion. Amazon has not filed a building application yet.
Where things stand: Amazon bought the land and planning papers were filed with the county; Amazon says plans are not final.
🕒 Latest update (April 2026): Amazon bought about 1,300 acres from Threemile Canyon Farms for $37 million; planning papers for a campus of up to 20 buildings were filed with Morrow County.
What we know
- 📍 Wherenear Boardman, on former Threemile Canyon Farms grazing land, Morrow County
- 🏢 CompanyAmazon
- 🏛️ Owned byAmazon
- 👤 Built forAmazon (AWS)
- 🌳 Size1,300 acres
- ⚡ Power it needs1,000 megawatts (about as much as 800,000 homes)
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromPacific Power says it could serve the site with approved but not yet built power lines.
- 🗼 New power linesYes
- 💧 WaterPort of Morrow (committed up to 35 million gallons per year)
- 💵 Cost$8 billion
- 👷 Jobs promised560
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- Has Amazon filed a land use application for the 1,300-acre site? 🙋 I'll find out
- Will the site need rezoning from farm land? 🙋 I'll find out
- Which new power lines would serve it, and who pays for them? 🙋 I'll find out
- Will this campus get enterprise zone or other tax breaks? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- April 2026Amazon bought about 1,300 acres from Threemile Canyon Farms for $37 million; planning papers for a campus of up to 20 buildings were filed with Morrow County.
Local votes and rules
🗺️ Zoning change
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.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Amazon Plans Oregon's First Exascale Data Center That Could Use More Power Than All Portland Homes · Daily Tidings · April 5, 2026
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