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Google The Dalles

OperatingAI campusCampusWasco County, Oregon
60% profile completeness
33 claims from 10 sources
Current facility power
185 MW[1]
Likelyestimated
Planned capacity
Not yet sourced
Floor area
Not yet sourced
Buildings (planned)
2[1]
Likelyderived
Capital cost / investment
$5.8B[1]
Likelyestimated
First operational
Mar 7, 2025[1]
Likelyderived

POWER & GRID

Time-to-power · verification · interconnection
Time to power
Energized — operating
High confidence
Project verification
Verified operating
Operation documented by satellite imagery.
Current stage
Operational
Furthest stage with documented evidence
Utility · ISO
Northern Wasco County Pud · None (non-RTO region)
Substation: On-site substation

Power reality

Announced
No record
Interconnection request
No record
Contracted / approved
No record
Under construction
No record
Operational
185 MW[1]
Estimated from buildings observed operational
AI evidence brief
Summarizes only the evidence on this page. Answers citing anything else are rejected automatically.

Project verification

Development
  1. Announcedimplied by a later stage
  2. Land acquiredimplied by a later stage
  3. Planning / zoningimplied by a later stage
  4. Permittingimplied by a later stage
Grid interconnection
  1. Interconnection application
  2. Feasibility study
  3. System impact study
  4. Facilities study
  5. Interconnection agreement / service contract
Build & energization
  1. Financing
  2. Under constructionMay 21, 2023
    Model estimate · Satellite imagery
    • May 21, 2023 · Reported status: under construction[1]
    • May 21, 2023 · Construction start[1]
    • May 21, 2023 · First signs of construction.[1]
    • Mar 7, 2025 · Reported status: expanding[1]
  3. EnergizationMar 7, 2025
    Satellite imagery
    • Mar 7, 2025 · Building 1 is estimated to be operational, based on all external equipment being installed.[1]
    • Apr 29, 2026 · Building 2 is estimated to be operational, based on all external equipment being installed, and ordinary cars parked by the building.[1]
  4. OperationalMar 7, 2025
    Satellite imagery
    • Mar 7, 2025 · Building 1 is estimated to be operational, based on all external equipment being installed.[1]
    • Apr 29, 2026 · Building 2 is estimated to be operational, based on all external equipment being installed, and ordinary cars parked by the building.[1]

● documented · ◌ implied by a later stage · ○ no evidence found. Dates are those of the earliest dated evidence, which can be later than when a stage actually began. Evidence classes: Model estimate, Satellite imagery.

Grid path

  1. facility
    Google The Dalles
  2. substation
    On-site substation[1][5]
    Satellite imageryLikely
    3 substation outlines traced inside the campus on satellite imagery; OSM maps Unnamed substation 0.22 km away
  3. transmission
    230 kV line[5]
    Proximity onlyUnverified
    Highest-voltage line mapped within 2 km (0.24 km away). Not confirmed as the supply path.
  4. utility
    Northern Wasco County Pud[2]
    Service territoryLikely
    Retail service territory containing the site
  5. ISO / RTO
    None (non-RTO region)[4]
    Service territoryLikely
    Balancing authority: BPAT
Substation capacity:
not published
Required upgrades:
not yet sourced
Congestion:
not yet sourced (no nodal price data)

Dashed boxes are based on proximity only and do not establish which asset serves the site.

Interconnection records

No interconnection-queue record is linked to this site. Of the ISOs we ingest, only NYISO publishes large-load requests; PJM, ERCOT, MISO, SPP and CAISO queues list generation only.

On-site & dedicated generation

No on-site, behind-the-meter or dedicated generation found in sources.

Location & imagery

Mapped outline
Coordinates
45.62406, -121.20767
Address
3500 River Rd, The Dalles, OR[1]Likely
County
Wasco County
Photographs
Google Data Center - The Dalles, Oregon
Google Data Center - The Dalles, Oregon
Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY 2.0 · 2015-05-17 [8]
Geotagged ~729 m from this location; title/description mentions a data center or this facility's operator. May show a neighboring building.

Ownership, operation & customers

  1. 1. Property owner of record
    Not identified
  2. 2. Owner / developer
    Google[1]
  3. 3. Operator
    Not identified
  4. 4. Tenant / cloud
    Not identified
  5. 5. End customer / workload
    Not identified
Power supply
Utility:
Northern Wasco County Pud(unreviewed)[2]Unverified

Each link is sourced separately. The property owner of record is often a special-purpose entity; the same company appearing in two roles is shown only when sources say so.

All parties with evidence
Owner
Google[1]Confirmed
Utility
Northern Wasco County Pud(unreviewed)[2]Unverified

Most likely retail provider among 2 overlapping service territories (largest retail sales; territory polygons are approximate). Also overlapping: Bonneville Power Administration.

No tenants or end users identified in our sources yet.

Power (all fields)

Current facility power
185 MW[1]Likelyestimated

Estimated total facility power (IT plus cooling and overhead) at the latest observed milestone.

Current IT capacity
154 MW[1]Likelyestimated

Estimated IT load currently online, based on buildings observed operational.

Estimated annual consumption
1,134 GWh/yr[3]Speculativeestimated

185 MW × 8,760 h × 70% utilization.

Planned capacity
Not yet sourced

Capacity figures are nameplate or contracted; annual consumption is a labeled model estimate, not metered data.

Grid & electricity

ISO / RTO
None (non-RTO region)[4]Likelyderived

Outside all ISO/RTO footprints; balancing authority shown separately.

Balancing authority
BPAT[2]Likelyderived

Control area of the containing utility territory.

Nearest mapped substation
Unnamed substation (230 kV)[5]Likelyderived

Nearest substation mapped in OpenStreetMap; proximity does not establish which substation serves the site.

Distance to substation
0.2 km[5]Likelyderived
Highest-voltage line nearby
230 kV[5]Likelyderived

Highest-voltage transmission line mapped within 2 km.

State avg. industrial price
8.92¢/kWh[6]Confirmed

Oregon statewide average, July 2026.

State avg. commercial price
10.60¢/kWh[6]Confirmed

Oregon statewide average, July 2026.

Generation within 50 km
5.35 GW[7]Confirmedderived

15 EIA-reported plants within 50 km.

Interconnection status
Not yet sourced
Contracted / committed power
Not yet sourced
Nearby infrastructureTypeDistanceVoltage / capacitySource
230 kV lineTransmission line0.24 km230 kV[5]
The Dalles-Discovery No 1 · Bonneville Power AdministrationTransmission line0.41 km115 kV[5]
Discovery-Chenoweth No 1 · Bonneville Power AdministrationTransmission line0.95 km115 kV[5]
115 kV lineTransmission line1.2 km115 kV[5]
Big Eddy-Quenett Creek No 1 · Bonneville Power AdministrationTransmission line1.33 km230 kV[5]
Big Eddy-Quenett Creek No 2 · Bonneville Power AdministrationTransmission line1.35 km230 kV[5]
The Dalles · USACE Northwestern DivisionPower plant (Hydroelectric)5.8 km1.82 GW[7]
Windy Flats Wind Project · Windy Flats Partners LLCPower plant (Wind)31.2 km262 MW[7]
Goldendale Generating Station · Puget Sound Energy IncPower plant (Natural Gas)35.8 km264 MW[7]
Golden Hill Wind · Avangrid Power LLCPower plant (Wind)39.4 km201 MW[7]
John Day · USACE Northwestern DivisionPower plant (Hydroelectric)41.2 km2.05 GW[7]
Tuolumne Wind Project · Turlock Irrigation DistrictPower plant (Wind)42.1 km136 MW[7]
Biglow Canyon Wind Farm · Portland General Electric CoPower plant (Wind)47.1 km450 MW[7]
Klondike Windpower II · Avangrid Power LLCPower plant (Wind)48.2 km81 MW[7]
Unnamed substationSubstation0.22 km230 kV[5]
Unnamed substationSubstation0.28 km230 kV[5]
Unnamed substationSubstation0.34 km230 kV[5]
Bonneville Power Administration substation · Bonneville Power AdministrationSubstation0.96 km115 kV[5]
Unnamed substationSubstation1.2 km—[5]
Unnamed substationSubstation1.23 km115 kV[5]

Utility, ISO and nearby assets are derived from the site's location. Proximity to a substation or line doesn't establish the interconnection; that needs a utility filing or interconnection-queue record. Queue requests are applications, not commitments — most never reach operation.

Construction & permitting

  1. Announced
    —
  2. Land acquired
    —
  3. Permitting
    —
  4. Construction start
    May 21, 2023[1]
  5. First operational
    Mar 7, 2025[1]
  6. Expected completion
    —
Buildings (planned)
2[1]Likelyderived

Count of building outlines traced on satellite imagery.

Buildings operational
2[1]Likelyestimated
PhaseStatusAdded MWCompleted / expectedSource
Building 1operational93 MWMar 7, 2025[1]
Building 2operational92 MWApr 29, 2026[1]

Real estate

Official assessments
Assessor's value for a tax year

None sourced yet

Recorded transactions
Sale prices from recorded deeds

None sourced yet

Model estimates
Our model — not an appraisal

None sourced yet

Capital cost / investment
$5.8B[1]Likelyestimated

Modeled total capital cost (2025 USD) of capacity currently operational, incl. compute hardware.

Annual property tax
Not yet sourced

No county parcel or assessor records linked yet. County records are currently ingested for Loudoun County, VA and Maricopa County, AZ.

Size

Floor area
Not yet sourced

Compute

Chip types
TPU v6e, TPU v5p, TPU v5e, TPU v7[1]Confirmed
Compute (H100-equivalents)
175,300[1]Likelyestimated

What changed (last 3 years)

Follow this facility (RSS)
  • Current IT capacity
    77 MWMar 7, 2025[1]→154 MWApr 29, 2026[1]
  • Current facility power
    93 MWMar 7, 2025[1]→185 MWApr 29, 2026[1]
  • Buildings operational
    0May 21, 2023[1]→1Mar 7, 2025[1]→2Apr 29, 2026[1]
  • Status
    Under constructionMay 21, 2023[1]→Operating + expandingMar 7, 2025[1]→OperatingApr 29, 2026[1]

Timeline

Construction start: May 21, 2023[1]
First operational: Mar 7, 2025[1]
  1. May 21, 2023[1]

    First signs of construction.

  2. Mar 7, 202593 MW facility power· 1 buildings operational[1]

    Building 1 is estimated to be operational, based on all external equipment being installed.

  3. Apr 29, 2026185 MW facility power· 2 buildings operational[1]

    Building 2 is estimated to be operational, based on all external equipment being installed, and ordinary cars parked by the building.

Buildings on this campus

3

All claims (provenance audit)

33
FieldValueSourceConfidenceAs ofStatus
NameGoogle The Dalles[1] Likely2026-04-29Shown
StatusUnder construction[1] derivedLikely2023-05-21Superseded / alternative
StatusOperating + expanding[1] derivedLikely2025-03-07Superseded / alternative
StatusOperating[1] derivedLikely2026-04-29Shown
Facility typeAI campus[1] derivedLikely2026-04-29Shown
Address3500 River Rd, The Dalles, OR[1] Likely2026-04-29Shown
OwnerGoogleOwner: Google[1] Confirmed2026-04-29Shown
UtilityNorthern Wasco County Pudterritory 13788: NORTHERN WASCO COUNTY PUD (POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, NORTHERN WASC[2] derivedUnverified2022Shown
Current facility power185 MW[1] estimatedLikely2026-04-29Shown
Current facility power93 MW[1] estimatedLikely2025-03-07Superseded / alternative
Current IT capacity154 MW[1] estimatedLikely2026-04-29Shown
Current IT capacity77 MW[1] estimatedLikely2025-03-07Superseded / alternative
Estimated annual consumption1,134 GWh/yr[3] estimatedSpeculative2026-09-29Shown
ISO / RTONone (non-RTO region)[4] derivedLikely—Shown
Balancing authorityBPAT[2] derivedLikely—Shown
Nearest mapped substationUnnamed substation (230 kV)way/1525007546[5] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Distance to substation0.2 km[5] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Highest-voltage line nearby230 kV[5] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
State avg. industrial price8.92¢/kWh[6] Confirmed2026-07Shown
State avg. commercial price10.60¢/kWh[6] Confirmed2026-07Shown
Generation within 50 km5.35 GW[7] derivedConfirmed202502Shown
Buildings (planned)2[1] derivedLikely2026-04-29Shown
Buildings operational2[1] estimatedLikely2026-04-29Shown
Buildings operational0[1] estimatedLikely2023-05-21Superseded / alternative
Buildings operational1[1] estimatedLikely2025-03-07Superseded / alternative
Capital cost / investment$5.8B[1] estimatedLikely2026-04-29Shown
Compute (H100-equivalents)175,300[1] estimatedLikely2026-04-29Shown
Chip typesTPU v6e[1] Confirmed2026-04-29Shown
Chip typesTPU v5p[1] Confirmed2026-04-29Shown
Chip typesTPU v5e[1] Confirmed2026-04-29Shown
Chip typesTPU v7[1] Confirmed2026-04-29Shown
Construction startMay 21, 2023[1] derivedLikely2026-04-29Shown
First operationalMar 7, 2025[1] derivedLikely2026-04-29Shown