Design LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of tech giant Google, selected Baltimore-based Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. to build a 600 million dollar data center in Wasco County, Ore., according to documents filed with the Dallas Department of Community Development.
The 290,000-square-foot facility will add to Google’s already existing data center footprint in the area. Since 2006, the tech giant has done just that invested over $1.8 billion at its Oregon facility, according to the Mountain View, Calif.-based company.
Google selected the Wasco County area because of its energy infrastructure, developable land and available labor, according to Google.
Google’s data center footprint
The project follows other similar data center developments across the country for Google in recent years, including:
Along with Google, other hyperscalers continue to do so aggressively buy land and keep it for future data center use, according to Databank, a Dallas-based data center service provider. Hyperscalers, technology companies that operate massive data centers, account for 60% to 70% of new data center uptake, according to Databank.
For example, Meta Platforms, the Menlo, Calif.-based company formerly known as Facebook, recently selected New York City-based Turner Construction earlier this month to build a new $800 million data center campus in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Meanwhile, EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure, a Broomfield, Colo.-based data center developer, tapped Atlanta-based Holder Construction to build its $1.9 billion data center campus andin Mesa, Arizona. Also, Amazon, another major hyperscaler in the industry, shared plans last year to build one $515 million data center farm in Hilliard, Ohio.
