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Recent Oregon data center news

• Oct 20, 2026

  Stony Brook University Hosts Global Energy Leaders at Advanced Energy Conference 2026

  Stony Brook University has announced that the Advanced Energy Conference 2026 will be hosted by its Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center at the New York Hilton Midtown from November 4-6, 2026.

  • The conference will focus on AI, data centers, advanced manufacturing, electrification, grid modernization, finance, clean generation, and digital infrastructure, with more than 1,000 senior leaders expected to attend.
  • The program includes six concurrent tracks, an Innovation Corral for emerging clean-energy companies, workshops, a student poster session, and speakers from utilities, labs, universities, government agencies, and energy companies.
• Oct 19, 2026

  GridFWD 2026: Electricity Affordability Requires Innovation in Technology, Regulation and Processes

  GridFWD 2026 centered on affordability and grid modernization, with speakers and panels discussing how utilities and regulators can control rising electricity costs. The article is commentary and conference coverage, not a first-time corporate announcement.

  • The event, held near Snowbird in Utah, brought together more than 450 industry leaders from the US and Canada and focused on reprioritizing affordability through grid investment, demand flexibility, and regulatory reform.
  • Speakers discussed transmission and distribution costs, integrated grid planning, flexible interconnection, and the role of digital and AI tools; the pitch competition winners were Pila Energy and CRWN AI, and future discussion will continue at GridFWD 2027 in Tucson, Arizona.
• Oct 13, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  The 2026 US-India Subnational Innovation Competitiveness Index

  ITIF and the Institute for Competitiveness, India have released a new subnational innovation competitiveness report comparing 87 regions in India and the United States.

  • The report benchmarks 36 Indian states and territories and 51 U.S. regions across 12 indicators in three pillars: knowledge economy, globalization, and innovation capacity.
  • It finds the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and California top the U.S. list, while Chandigarh, Maharashtra, and Delhi lead India; it also discusses AI policy, FDI concentration, renewable energy, Internet access, R&D, business creation, and patenting.
  • The article is a report summary/analysis and appears to be the first public release of this index, with a downloadable report PDF; it includes multiple monetary figures such as $57.2 billion in India FDI equity and $1 billion for New Hampshire’s biofabrication cluster.
  • The piece is substantively about innovation, infrastructure, digital connectivity, AI, and clean energy, and is relevant to data centres because it discusses AI infrastructure, GPUs, digital infrastructure, and power/renewables.
• Oct 5, 2026

  Beyond the Megawatt: Why Data Center Site Selection Is Now a Three-Front Battle

  The article provides commentary and analysis on a new regulatory environment for data center development in the United States, not a single new company announcement.

  • State regulators and governors in California, Texas, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Oregon are tightening oversight of grid costs, water reporting, and land-use approvals for data centers.
  • The piece cites specific rules and actions including California’s AB 1577, AB 2383, and SB 887, Massachusetts Executive Order 658, New York’s Host Community Investment Framework, and Texas permitting and water-use reporting actions.
  • It also notes cost and reporting thresholds such as 25 MW in Massachusetts, $1 million per megawatt in New York’s framework, and an average 29% rate increase for some Oregon large energy users.
• Sep 22, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  Congress Should Make the CHIPS Act’s Investment Tax Credit Permanent

  ITIF has published an opinion article arguing that Congress should make the CHIPS Act’s Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit permanent.

  • The article says Section 48D under the CHIPS and Science Act has helped drive more than 160 semiconductor projects across 30 states since 2020, with $825.8 billion in announced private investment.
  • It notes the current construction deadline of December 31, 2026, says the credit was 25% originally and later increased to 35% for qualifying property placed in service after December 31, 2025.
• Sep 2, 2026

  AWS Wires a New US AI Route Across the Pacific

  Amazon Web Services has announced plans to build the Sta’O’Nuk subsea cable, a 420 Tbps trans-Pacific route between Japan and Washington State, with service targeted for 2029.

  • The cable will use 20 fiber pairs and is intended to support distributed large language model training, financial transactions, edge computing, and video streaming; AWS says it will add a new US landing point for trans-Pacific traffic.
  • Toptana Technologies is developing a landing station in Ocean Shores, Washington, initially designed for up to four subsea cable systems and expandable to 16; the project will connect to Seattle and Hillsboro, Oregon via terrestrial backhaul along the Interstate 5 corridor.
• Aug 31, 2026

  Noise lawsuit is latest in legal wave hitting data center operations

  Microsoft has been sued in federal district court over alleged noise nuisance from its Fairwater data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin.

  • The proposed class action claims a low-level hum from cooling systems and generators is not captured by dBA monitors, and asks for millions in compensation for residents.
  • The article says this is one of several noise-related lawsuits filed this year against data centers; similar cases have been filed in Mississippi, New Jersey, Michigan, New York, and Texas, while an environmental nuisance case against Amazon reportedly settled for more than $20 million.
• Aug 27, 2026

  Data Center Backlash Reaches the Ballot Box

  Data Center Knowledge reports that at least 18 incumbent officeholders lost elections between August 2025 and August 2026 after actions tied to data center projects or controversies.

  • Utah saw the clearest cases: J. Stuart Adams, Lee Perry, and Boyd Bingham all lost GOP primaries after involvement with the proposed Stratos project in Box Elder County.
  • In Missouri, four incumbent Festus city council members lost after a fight over a proposed $6 billion data center project; other losses and campaign attacks appeared in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Oregon, and Georgia.
  • The article is a news analysis/review, not a primary announcement; it aggregates election results, government records, campaign materials, and local reporting, and includes industry and policy responses from Tigercomm, Data Center Coalition, and state leaders.
• Aug 26, 2026

  How Data Center Controversies Have Transformed the Midterm Elections

  The Associated Press has published an analysis of the growing political opposition to U.S. data centers and how it is reshaping policy debates. It is commentary and reporting on a broader trend, not a first-time corporate announcement.

  • The article says Oracle, Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft expect to spend more than $700 billion on U.S. data centers this year, while OpenAI and Oracle are building Project Jupiter, a $165 billion complex near the Mexican border in New Mexico.
  • It also notes opposition over water use, electricity costs, and climate impacts; examples include a challenge to well drilling permits in New Mexico, a one-year ban on large data centers in New York, and tougher regulatory steps in Texas under Greg Abbott.
• Aug 19, 2026

  House Bill Would Put Federal Electricity Tax On Data Centers

  Rep. Andrea Salinas has introduced the Data Center Community Reinvestment Act of 2026, a bill that would impose a 1-cent-per-kilowatt-hour federal excise tax on electricity used by qualifying data centers over 1 MW and direct the revenue to five federal funds.

  • The bill was introduced by Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.) and referred to the House Ways and Means Committee with additional referrals to Energy and Commerce and Science, Space, and Technology on Aug. 13.
  • It would tax electricity used by data centers nationwide, including onsite generation, and create a new Energy Technology Trust Fund to support federal loan guarantees for clean energy, advanced nuclear, and grid infrastructure projects.
  • Salinas’ office projects about $1.76 billion annually in revenue, or roughly $352 million per year for each of the five funds; the article also notes Virginia’s earlier 1.1 cents/kWh state data center tax and estimates that a 100 MW data center could owe about $8.76 million annually at full load.