Umatilla County, Oregon, Town Declares Emergency Over Statewide Data Center Permitting Pause

A small town in Umatilla County, Oregon, declared a state of emergency in response to concerns that a statewide pause on data center permitting could harm its economy. The article does not identify the town or provide further details about the emergency declaration.

The item appeared in a roundup of development-related disputes that also included conflicts over solar farms and transmission projects in New York, Wisconsin and Colorado.