Featured speakers include: Sam Diaz, 1000 Friends of Oregon Executive Director
From the event organizer: "Purpose of this Process: the Governor has asked “the Data Center Advisory Committee to identify ways to better balance the need for new economic opportunities with smart policy choices that will support our clean energy goals and ensure affordable and reliable electricity for all Oregonians. The Committee will conduct an open and public process to understand challenges and opportunities in key policy areas related to the siting of data centers in our state and then recommend actions that the State of Oregon can take” (from Committee Charge). As such, the Committee’s goal is to use these public sessions to gather and share credible information from subject matter experts, based on firsthand experiences, real-world data, and diverse perspectives regarding Data Centers in Oregon."
"To respond to the Governor’s charge, today’s session will focus on issues and ideas to:
- Encourage data center siting decisions that support responsible economic
development, create jobs, and increase long-term revenue that will strengthen our rural
communities; - Understand how the development of data centers affects and can help Oregon meet its
climate, clean energy, and natural resource management goals; and, - Identify key issue areas needing to be addressed in order to develop a policy framework
that will help guide the state in the responsible siting of data centers moving forward."