Amazon has purchased 1,300 acres of undeveloped land on the Oregon side of the Columbia River that could one day become a massive computing campus with up to 20 data center buildings, the Oregonian reports.
The Seattle-based tech company on Monday confirmed that it bought the land but declined to provide details on the potential data center.
“Amazon recently purchased land in Boardman, Oregon. Development plans are not final, and Amazon is performing our normal due diligence process as we develop new locations based on customer demand,” a company spokesperson told GeekWire via email.
Johnson Economics, a Portland consulting firm, submitted a land-use proposal for the site last year, the Oregonian reported. The land was…
