(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Citing the ongoing recession as its reason, construction on Amazon’s (www.amazon.com) data center in eastern Oregon has “quietly come to a halt,” according to a report by InformationWeek, which visited the site.
Delaware construction company Vadata, which is a legal entity of Amazon, first began construction on the 116,700 square-foot building last November.
The facility is supposed to be the first of three phases that will make up the massive data center.
Like many other technology companies, such as Google, Amazon decided to build a data center in the Columbia River area because of its relatively inexpensive land and hydroelectric power.
Microsoft and Yahoo, which also had plans in place to build a data center on the Washington side of the border, are now reconsidering after the state assessed that the companies do not qualify for a sales tax deferral program.
Last week, Microsoft announced its new Redmond, Washington data center would consolidate many of its data centers, supporting the company’s Azure cloud computing platform.
Citing local officials, InformationWeek reported that Amazon’s data center project will be delayed “until sometime next year.”
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