Could this Portland office tower become a data center? Silicon Valley acquisition signals new era

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2026/05/could-this-portland-office-tower-become-a-data-center-silicon-valley-acquisition-signals-new-era.html

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/69307787

Oh great, now they're going after urban areas too?

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thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 125d (3 replies)

anything but the housing that we need

Terrorphin@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 35d (2 replies)

I agree that housing would be nice - turning offices into housing is very expensive though.

thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 35d (1 reply)

turning offices into datacenters is also very expensive

Terrorphin@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 35d

Indeed. Nothing should be turned into datacenters. I just think we need to have a more robust discussion about what we are going to do with the surplus of office buildings.

Terrorphin@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 35d

Obviously this is horrible, but we do need to have the conversation about what we are going to do with all the surplus office space that no one wants to use any more.