(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Delaware construction company Vadata has begun construction on a 116,700 square-foot building, the first of three that will comprise a massive server farm in energy-rich eastern Oregon, which may house Amazon (www.amazon.com) operations, according to a report from local newspaper The Oregonian.
The newspaper reported Friday that the new data center is the second to be announced in the area, following Google’s (www.google.com) facility in The Dalles, Oregon, which is staffed by almost 200. The Columbia basin is an ideal location for data centers, with hydroelectricity and water for cooling derived from the Columbia River.
According to the report, an Amazon representative came to one of the county permit meetings, fueling suspicion that Amazon may be involved. Rich Miller writes in Data Center Knowledge article, “Amazon is historically tight-lipped about the location of its data centers. But the rapid growth of its Amazon Web Services cloud computing platform long ago exceeded the excess capacity in the data centers supporting the company’s retail operations.”
Building costs are expected to total $35 million price tag does not include the computer equipment costs which a source said will top $100 million, according to the Oregonian. Also, a 10-megawatt substation will be built next to the facility on its 60 acre plot in the Port of Morrow industrial reservation.
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