Date Center West - Eugene
739 Welch Drive · Medford, Jackson County, OR
Source: OpenStreetMap
Date Center West - Eugene is an operating data center in Jackson County, OR.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 17, 2026
Overview
source: linkData Center West, Inc. data center
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- NY state pauses new large data center projects in US firstKMVU FOX 26 Medford· Jul 14, 2026
- Medford Council Adopts Taboo on Data Centers, Only to Find It Carries Unintended ImplicationsPine Barrens Tribune· Jul 10, 2026
- Meta to build $9 billion data center in western CanadaKMVU FOX 26 Medford· Jul 8, 2026
- Medford bans data centers within town limits amid public debate about AIInquirer.com· Jun 25, 2026
- Medford Council to consider law banning data centers, driven by the AI boom, at Tuesday meeting.70and73· Jun 24, 2026
- Town Supervisor Says No Data Centers Are Coming To BrookhavenNews12 | Long Island· May 28, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Oregon reported $26.9M in Enterprise Zone (Long-Term Rural EZ, ORS 285C.400) property-tax abatement — Crook County (Meta Prineville campus) for FY2025 (Crook County, Oregon (audited financial statements / GASB 77 note)). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Medford), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Mcloughlin Middle School in Medford, is 0.2 mi from this site (915 students). 5 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.