Amazon has purchased 1,300 acres near Columbia River in Boardman, Oregon, which could become a massive computing campus with up to 20 data center buildings. The company confirmed the purchase but did not disclose any further details on the potential data center. The land was previously owned by a dairy operation and was used for grazing. The potential development could include 16 to 20 buildings, each measuring 250,000 square feet, with a total investment pegged at $8 billion to $12 billion. Amazon has more data centers in Oregon than any other Pacific Northwest state. In January, Amazon secured an $83 million contract to develop a large-scale solar and battery storage facility in Oregon, beating out Puget Sound Energy in the bidding process. In Washington state, a bill requiring utilities and data center companies to protect rate payers from increased power costs and transparency about the environmental impacts of the facilities failed this year after Microsoft opposed it.