PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — Pendleton doesn’t have the power capacity for a large data center like the ones in Prineville or Google’s operation in The Dalles.
But economic development consultants say the city could host a smaller data center, like one that would store files for businesses.
The East Oregonian reports (http://bit.ly/13njjDb ) the limits of Pendleton’s electricity generation will still keep the city powered for about 25 years.
But a major data center like those in other places in Oregon — which use more electricity than Minnesota’s Mall of America — remains out of reach.
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the city had planned to split the cost of a $60,000 study the possibility of a data center, but the meeting discouraged them.
