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Gobernadora de Oregon ordena al DEQ suspender emisión de nuevos permisos para centros de datos

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HERMISTON– La semana pasada, en medio de la creciente oposición pública a los centros de datos en Oregón, la gobernadora Kotek ordenó al Departamento de Calidad Ambiental (DEQ por sus siglas en inglés) suspender todos los nuevos permisos de contaminación para centros de datos hasta julio del próximo año.

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Oregon Govenor Tina Kotek asks state environmental regulator to pause permits, introducing de facto data center moratorium

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Oregon’s Governor, Tina Kotek, has ordered the state’s environmental regulators to temporarily stop issuing pollution permits to data centers, effectively pausing data center development in the Beaver State.

Governor Kotek has directed Oregon Department of Environmental Quality director Leah Feldon to pause all air and water pollution permits for new or expanding data centers until July 2027. As well as air quality permits, the requested pause includes applications from municipalities seeking to renew or modify wastewater treatment plant permits to accommodate wastewater discharge from data centers.

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Amazon, data centers and the race for Oregon governor

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Kelly Doherty had been in elected office for less than a month when Amazon reached out.

In a July 2023 email, an Amazon representative congratulated Doherty on winning a seat on the commission that oversees the Port of Morrow in Eastern Oregon and offered to introduce her to Sheena Sharma and Courtney Lee.

Sharma and Lee weren’t just any Amazon employees. Three years after Doherty received the email, Amazon selected the pair of executives to make the case for data centers to legislators in Salem during a September public hearing.

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