Senator Sollman says “standalone” data centers are not allowed, but there will be a loophole you can drive a data center through. And they provide very few, low-wage jobs.

The city has squandered a fifty-year industrial land supply by building data centers that provide few jobs and little tax revenue.

We’ve seen electricity prices soar year after year. We’ve paid for water rights from as far away as Salem. Adding more wasteful growth will add more costs for residents.

If there was, we’d have that instead of data centers in North Hillsboro right now. Hillsboro’s plan for this acreage is long on wishing and short on planning.

If we pave it, it’s gone forever.

Now, when our food systems are most under threat, isn’t a time to give up what makes Oregon able to feed itself.

Hillsboro’s plan wasn’t shared with the public—it was leaked out of a meeting of Oregon’s mayors. Senator Sollman didn’t consult with her constituents or listen when a similar plan saw huge opposition. Instead, she brought it back at the behest of special interests.