Google Cloud us-west1 (Oregon) is a data center operated by Google in The Dalles, OR, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 300.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the The Dalles data-center market on the WECC grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 10.8-month time-to-power. The market shows mixed signals — validate live grid headroom and queue depth before committing capacity.
Data Center Power Index verdict for The Dalles — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on The Dalles — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
The Dalles remains a single-operator-dominated market with 600 MW of capacity concentrated entirely under Google's stewardship across 7 tracked facilities, leaving minimal diversification for investors seeking exposure to competing infrastructure plays. Google's recent rebuild approval of its original 2006 data center in the Port of The Dalles signals continued capital commitment to the region, though operational risks persist—a wind-driven grass fire near an active Google construction site underscores environmental hazards typical of the Columbia River Gorge geography. The market's structural constraint is acute: with zero independent operators tracked, deal flow is functionally absent, and acquisition targets are unavailable at scale. The DCPI verdict of excess-power 55/100 paired with constraint 22/100 reads as a cautionary yellow flag rather than an outright rejection. Excess-power…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Google Cloud us-west1 (Oregon) in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.
Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.
DC Hub tracks 18 operating generating units totalling 5,903 MW within about 50 km of The Dalles, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
Comparable facilities in The Dalles tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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