Google data-center campus
Who lives here?
Income: 97058 median household income: $62,181; poverty: 11.4%
Race: The area is majority White with a meaningful Hispanic population.
Comparison class: Majority White; below-state income
What the community may receive
Google fees and agreements helped fund local water-system upgrades and provide a durable industrial tax base.
What the community may carry
By 2024, reporting based on city records found Google’s three centers used about one-third of the city’s water; secrecy litigation delayed public understanding.
Power, water and infrastructure
The campus benefits from Columbia River hydropower and municipal water infrastructure.
Government response
Oregon’s 2025 HB 3546 created a framework to assign large-load utility costs more directly to large users.
Equity finding
This long-running rural/small-city case shows that a majority-White community can still have modest income and limited water-system leverage.