A developer has proposed a data center for the Mill Creek Corporate Center in southeast Salem, Oregon, according to the Statesman Journal. The pitch comes as Oregon has already enacted a 29.7% rate hike for data centers under a landmark law, making the state a closely watched market for new proposals. Specific details on the project's size, operator, and power requirements were not disclosed in the snippet. The proposal will likely face scrutiny given Oregon's recent regulatory activity around data center energy costs.
Oregon is one of the first states to directly tie data center electricity costs to ratepayer protection law, meaning any new facility proposed there will set early precedent for how that framework is applied in practice. The Salem proposal tests whether development interest in Oregon persists despite the new cost structure.
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