Good read, thanks for the link.   I didn't really see mention of the power source being their key to locating out there.    Well, at least the article seemed to put more emphasis on Oregon's favorable tax structure.

You would think supporting that many data centers would put some capacity challenges on the hydro power.   Maybe not enough for them to have brown outs, but they would drive up demand, which drives up prices for everyone in the customer base.

I think they would like to find ways to allow the fish to bypass that damns with much lower mortality.   I'm not an expert