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Seems like a waste of chlorine & flouride. Why Dalles & not say Hood River 24 mi downriver?

• VagueMag 4y ago
  Local resident here: there's a hydroelectric facility that provides a lot of the power for the data centers in The Dalles. More generally, land is more plentiful and cheaper there than in Hood River.
  • mind-blight 4y ago
    The Dalles is also giving Google large property tax breaks to convince them to build there
  • lokar 4y ago
    There was also a defunct aluminum smelting plant, so lots of unused electrical infrastructure
  • fisherjeff 4y ago
    Wildly off-topic but it’s the holidays and there’s a certain sense of community in the air so why not: Howdy neighbor!