Oregon dreams of semiconductor factories, but land and tax breaks are going to data centers instead – OregonLive
QTS Data Centers has built a humongous server farm in Hillsboro, on land that was formerly agricultural. Data centers occupy more than 300 acres of prime industrial property in the city, drawn in part by tax breaks. But they employ very few people. Dave Killen / The Oregonian
Hillsboro’s hottest new neighborhood borders the rolling fields and farms on the metro area’s scenic western edge. Construction workers are busily putting the final touches on sprawling, gated developments.
These aren’t houses. They’re enormous data centers, hulking buildings stuffed with billions of dollars’ worth of computers that feed our insatiable thirst for digital ephemera.
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