Three verified interconnection paths across two utilities, with a substation 477 feet off the property line. An irrigation district that confirms a path to industrial water. A zone change that's approved and recorded, in a city that already hosts Amazon, FedEx and Home Depot next door. And a buildable area we've measured rather than estimated — roughly 50 to 70 acres after fill, out of 177. That last number is the one most sites won't give you.
Speed to energization is what decides most data center sites, and the usual killer is distance to interconnection. PGE Barnes Substation sits 477 feet from the northern property edge. PGE 115 kV transmission runs through the parcel. PacifiCorp 230 kV crosses the southern boundary. Two utilities means two queues and two negotiating positions rather than one.
Water kills more Pacific Northwest data center sites than power does, and most sellers can only offer municipal service. Here there are three sources on or under the property, and the irrigation district says the industrial door is open. We're documenting it now rather than claiming it.
Here is the number most listings bury. Roughly 117 acres of the parcel sit in the Mill Creek floodplain — FEMA Zone AE plus regulatory floodway. After fill and cut/fill balancing, the realistic developable pad is 50 to 70 acres. We'd rather you know that on the first page than find it in week six of diligence.
Oregon data centers are running into rooms full of angry people. The parcel next door drew a six-hour hearing and a moratorium process. The constraint on this site is also the answer to that problem: 117 acres of Mill Creek frontage that can't carry a building can carry a park — and a campus that arrives with public benefit attached is a campus that gets its approvals.
Direct answers, sourced to the record. Where an answer is incomplete, it's flagged here rather than buried.
The site qualifies for an unusual stack of state, federal and local programs. Each one is real; the combined effect on project NPV is significant.
The entitlement is done, the hydraulic work is done, and the utility picture is verified. We're looking for an operator, developer, site selector or strategic buyer who can answer the questions below — and then execute.
Engineering, hydraulic modeling, land use, water rights, survey, counsel and brokerage representation — all engaged on the property and available to qualified counterparties.
Owner-direct or through brokerage representation — your choice. Either path opens the full data room under MNDA: title, surveys, the WEST Consultants HEC-RAS model, zoning approval, utility and transmission documentation, water district correspondence, and SEDCOR materials. A broker bonus is available to the broker who brings the buyer.