Neighbors Sound Off on 'Environmental Impact' of Hillsboro Data Centers as Councilors Consider Pause

Hillsboro residents push back on ‘data center explosion’

The wave of anti-data center sentiment sweeping the nation has reached the heart of Oregon’s “Silicon Forest”. More than 200 people packed a Hillsboro City Council meeting Tuesday evening to voice concern and frustration with tax exemptions for several planned data center developments in the city. Across the country, data centers are booming. The large server networks are considered the backbone of the internet, supporting everything from Netfli…

Neighbors sound off on 'environmental impact' of Hillsboro data centers as councilors consider pause

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A growing debate over data centers was front and center in Hillsboro on Tuesday night as city leaders took a closer look at the incentives helping fuel that growth, from cloud storage to artificial intelligence. The discussion comes ahead of a state moratorium taking effect on Saturday. "This is an environmental [...]

High-stakes Hillsboro meeting to tackle data center boom

City Council is set to discuss the future of data centers as the city faces a surge of applications for tax incentives ahead of a state-imposed moratorium.