Check out this local data center video
February 16, 2026
This is one of six Flexential data centers in Hillsboro. Note this is but one bit of the power infrastructure built for the industry in Hillsboro.
Check out Dan Lieberman’s just finished, short documentary on the data center issue in Hillsboro. You’ll hear some of the strongest voices, including Senator Sollman’s.
You’ve a choice of venues: YouTube Instagram or TikTok
And here’s a way to see the many, many data centers on Hillsboro’s industrial lands. Click for more information on each pinpoint. Dirk Knudson’s done epic work creating this and will continue updating. For instance as I sent the link to me he wrote: Here is my updated map with the 1700 acres, 373-acre section of it that Kotek almost brought in last time, The 450 + acres of ready industrial land, the new battery array, and some new icons for the other projects going on – and all of the Data Centers.
Dirk often writes on the data center issue in the Hillsboro Herald.
And then if you haven’t yet done so, WRITE THE GOVERNOR! Email addresses below.
Governor Kotek,
I’m writing to urge you to end tax breaks for data centers and cryptocurrency mining in our state. We should no longer provide big tech and private equity firms with tax breaks to build what they will build with or without our subsidies
As your constituent, I’m concerned about the harms that these business do to our communities, including siphoning our water, using up our land, creating noise and light pollution, and hiking our electric bills.
I’m also concerned that providing tax breaks to giant corporations and wealthy investors deprives our schools and local budgets of much-needed tax revenue.
Our communities can’t afford to continue to subsidize data centers that take so much and give so little. This year alone they are receiving $457 million in property tax breaks in Oregon.
As a taxpayer, I certainly don’t want to subsidize their tax breaks.
Please amend the Governor’s HB 4084 to make data centers no longer eligible for the property tax breaks they are using – the Standard or Long Term Rural E-Zones or SIPS. The tech bros’ corporations and private equity firms like BlackRock will continue to build in Oregon, because even without these property tax breaks we’ll still be providing a better tax environment than either of our neighboring west coast states.
Thank you,
Please sign with your name and city
Send to Sarah Means in the Governor’s office with copies to the chairs of the two revenue committees:
Sarah.Means@oregon.gov
Sen.AnthonyBroadman@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.NancyNathanson@OregonLegislature.gov
Send your email !
February 10, 2026
Subject line: No more tax breaks for data centers!
I’m writing to urge you to end tax breaks for data centers in our state. We should no longer provide big tech and private equity firms with tax breaks to build what they will build with or without our subsidies
As your constituent, I’m concerned about the harms that data centers can do to our communities, including siphoning our water, using up our land, creating noise and light pollution, and hiking our electric bills.
I’m also concerned that providing tax breaks to giant corporations and wealthy investors deprives our schools and local budgets of much-needed tax revenue.
Our communities can’t afford to continue to subsidize data centers that take so much and give so little. This year alone they are receiving $457 million in property tax breaks in Oregon.
As a taxpayer, I certainly don’t want to subsidize their tax breaks.
Please amend the Governor’s HB 4084 to make data centers no longer eligible for the property tax breaks they are using – the Standard or Long Term Rural E-Zones or SIPS. The tech bros’ corporations and private equity firms like BlackRock will continue to build in Oregon, because even without these property tax breaks we’ll still be providing a better tax environment than either of our neighboring west coast states.
Thank you,
Please sign with your name and city
Send to Sarah Means in the Governor’s office with copies to the two chairs of the two revenue committee:
“sarah.means@oregon.gov” <sarah.means@oregon.gov>,
Senator Anthony Broadman <Sen.AnthonyBroadman@oregonlegislature.gov>,
“Rep. Nancy N. Nathanson” <Rep.NancyNathanson@OregonLegislature.gov>
Send your email !
January 16, 2026
Here’s what Jody sent to her two state legislators on the tax haven legislation. Please sent it or your own words to your two legislators. Find their email here: Legislator Lookup – oregonlegislature.gov Don’t just forward this to them. It’s far better to send an email.
We need your vote to make the tax changes
for global corporations using GILTI and FDII
Of course, the business community will lobby you to focus on depreciation. They only lose the time value of money with that provision. You should do both changes to corporate taxation. But the NCTI (GILTI) and D/C FDDEI (FDII) changes are by far the most important. They will be the most productive over time, providing nearly $400 million a biennium in new revenue going forward. And will significantly increase tax fairness by reducing corporate tax avoidance by global corporations. It will not impact local Oregon companies that do not use overseas tax havens.
For example, here’s some information about tax avoidance by Oregon’s data center owners.
Each of the big data center developers in eastern Oregon has long been known as a user of tax havens: Apple, Google/Alphabet, Facebook/Meta, Amazon/AWS as well as Adobe in Hillsboro. So, of course, are Intel, Nike, Starbucks and a whole host of other big global companies.
Trillions more are held in offshore tax havens by hedge funds, private equity firms and investment partnerships, where the tech bros and others invest their funds. These are the owners of GTS, Flexential and Stack each of which has five or more data centers in Hillsboro.
Amazon (with 62 data centers in eastern Oregon) is amongst the worst according to Wikipedia, paying 12% rather than 35% in federal taxes and therefore 2.6% rather than 7.6% in Oregon taxes.
Meta/Facebook (with 11 data centers in Prineville) is famous for its use of Ireland and the Caymen Islands as tax havens.
The business community will lobby you to focus on depreciation. It’s the best deal for them, but not for tax fairness or the General Fund. Tell your fellow legislators you support changes to GILTI and FDII.
Sources:
ITEP’s Top 100 users of offshore shell games names the 100 biggest users in 2017. Likely all of whom do business with Oregonians. It shows tax avoidance by Intel at $46.4 billion and Nike at $12.2 billion https://itep.org/offshoreshellgames2017/
Hedge funds, private equity firms and investment partnerships use of tax havens
https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/4-trillion-us-wealth-stashed-overseas-much-it-tax-havens
AmazonWikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_tax_avoidance#:~:text=%5B1%5D%20According%20to%20a%20report,US%20during%20the%20same%20period.
Facebook https://itep.org/fact-sheet-facebook-and-tax-avoidance/
Voices needed on Oregon Corporate Tax Give-A-Ways
January 12, 2026
Oregon faces the loss of nearly $900 million in already budgeted revenue funds for education and other essential services. This is due, in part, to changes in the corporate tax structure enacted in the Big Beautiful Bill.
It is essential that we pressure legislators to act on this. We understand they don’t currently have this issue on their list of things to accomplish in the coming session. But the list is still in flux.
They need to know constituents are watching to see what they do. Please email them now and ask at their town halls about addressing losses in Corporate taxed revenue derived from Foreign intangible income and Global intangible Income: known as Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) and Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (GILTI). FDII is a tax deduction for Corporations and GILTI contains flagrant loopholes.
You don’t need to explain these to your representative. Just let them know that Oregon must disconnect from these bad federal policies by eliminating the FDII in Oregon and increasing the GILTI for Oregon schools and our safety net.
By getting rid of FDII and increasing GILTI to at least 50 percent, Oregon would realize an estimated $380 million in a full biennium and about $190 million for the current 25-27 budget.
It’s easy to look up who your own legislators are at Legislator Lookup – oregonlegislature.gov
If you know who they are, the email addresses for Oregon legislators follow this pattern:
Sen.KateLieber@OregonLegislature.Gov and Rep.JulieFahey@oregonlegislature.gov I’m sure you see the pattern.
Now, before the legislative session begins in February, is the best time to reach out on this issue.
Please see this link provided by the Oregon Center for Public Policy for an in-depth discussion: https://www.ocpp.org/2025/11/12/corporations-profits-overseas-tax
News report – Oregon property tax deferral program declining participation…
January 5, 2026
A decades-old Oregon program that allows seniors and disabled homeowners to defer property taxes has seen participation drop dramatically. – KPTV
Send your email !
January 16, 2026
Here’s what Jody sent to her two state legislators on the tax haven legislation. Please sent it or your own words to your two legislators. Find their email here: Legislator Lookup – oregonlegislature.gov Don’t just forward this to them. It’s far better to send an email.
We need your vote to make the tax changes
for global corporations using GILTI and FDII
Of course, the business community will lobby you to focus on depreciation. They only lose the time value of money with that provision. You should do both changes to corporate taxation. But the NCTI (GILTI) and D/C FDDEI (FDII) changes are by far the most important. They will be the most productive over time, providing nearly $400 million a biennium in new revenue going forward. And will significantly increase tax fairness by reducing corporate tax avoidance by global corporations. It will not impact local Oregon companies that do not use overseas tax havens.
For example, here’s some information about tax avoidance by Oregon’s data center owners.
Each of the big data center developers in eastern Oregon has long been known as a user of tax havens: Apple, Google/Alphabet, Facebook/Meta, Amazon/AWS as well as Adobe in Hillsboro. So, of course, are Intel, Nike, Starbucks and a whole host of other big global companies.
Trillions more are held in offshore tax havens by hedge funds, private equity firms and investment partnerships, where the tech bros and others invest their funds. These are the owners of GTS, Flexential and Stack each of which has five or more data centers in Hillsboro.
Amazon (with 62 data centers in eastern Oregon) is amongst the worst according to Wikipedia, paying 12% rather than 35% in federal taxes and therefore 2.6% rather than 7.6% in Oregon taxes.
Meta/Facebook (with 11 data centers in Prineville) is famous for its use of Ireland and the Caymen Islands as tax havens.
The business community will lobby you to focus on depreciation. It’s the best deal for them, but not for tax fairness or the General Fund. Tell your fellow legislators you support changes to GILTI and FDII.
Sources:
ITEP’s Top 100 users of offshore shell games names the 100 biggest users in 2017. Likely all of whom do business with Oregonians. It shows tax avoidance by Intel at $46.4 billion and Nike at $12.2 billion https://itep.org/offshoreshellgames2017/
Hedge funds, private equity firms and investment partnerships use of tax havens
https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/4-trillion-us-wealth-stashed-overseas-much-it-tax-havens
AmazonWikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_tax_avoidance#:~:text=%5B1%5D%20According%20to%20a%20report,US%20during%20the%20same%20period.
Facebook https://itep.org/fact-sheet-facebook-and-tax-avoidance/
Send your email !
January 16, 2026
Here’s what Jody sent to her two state legislators on the tax haven legislation. Please sent it or your own words to your two legislators. Find their email here: Legislator Lookup – oregonlegislature.gov Don’t just forward this to them. It’s far better to send an email.
We need your vote to make the tax changes
for global corporations using GILTI and FDII
Of course, the business community will lobby you to focus on depreciation. They only lose the time value of money with that provision. You should do both changes to corporate taxation. But the NCTI (GILTI) and D/C FDDEI (FDII) changes are by far the most important. They will be the most productive over time, providing nearly $400 million a biennium in new revenue going forward. And will significantly increase tax fairness by reducing corporate tax avoidance by global corporations. It will not impact local Oregon companies that do not use overseas tax havens.
For example, here’s some information about tax avoidance by Oregon’s data center owners.
Each of the big data center developers in eastern Oregon has long been known as a user of tax havens: Apple, Google/Alphabet, Facebook/Meta, Amazon/AWS as well as Adobe in Hillsboro. So, of course, are Intel, Nike, Starbucks and a whole host of other big global companies.
Trillions more are held in offshore tax havens by hedge funds, private equity firms and investment partnerships, where the tech bros and others invest their funds. These are the owners of GTS, Flexential and Stack each of which has five or more data centers in Hillsboro.
Amazon (with 62 data centers in eastern Oregon) is amongst the worst according to Wikipedia, paying 12% rather than 35% in federal taxes and therefore 2.6% rather than 7.6% in Oregon taxes.
Meta/Facebook (with 11 data centers in Prineville) is famous for its use of Ireland and the Caymen Islands as tax havens.
The business community will lobby you to focus on depreciation. It’s the best deal for them, but not for tax fairness or the General Fund. Tell your fellow legislators you support changes to GILTI and FDII.
Sources:
ITEP’s Top 100 users of offshore shell games names the 100 biggest users in 2017. Likely all of whom do business with Oregonians. It shows tax avoidance by Intel at $46.4 billion and Nike at $12.2 billion https://itep.org/offshoreshellgames2017/
Hedge funds, private equity firms and investment partnerships use of tax havens
https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/4-trillion-us-wealth-stashed-overseas-much-it-tax-havens
AmazonWikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_tax_avoidance#:~:text=%5B1%5D%20According%20to%20a%20report,US%20during%20the%20same%20period.
Facebook https://itep.org/fact-sheet-facebook-and-tax-avoidance/
Voices needed on Oregon Corporate Tax Give-A-Ways
January 12, 2026
Oregon faces the loss of nearly $900 million in already budgeted revenue funds for education and other essential services. This is due, in part, to changes in the corporate tax structure enacted in the Big Beautiful Bill.
It is essential that we pressure legislators to act on this. We understand they don’t currently have this issue on their list of things to accomplish in the coming session. But the list is still in flux.
They need to know constituents are watching to see what they do. Please email them now and ask at their town halls about addressing losses in Corporate taxed revenue derived from Foreign intangible income and Global intangible Income: known as Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) and Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (GILTI). FDII is a tax deduction for Corporations and GILTI contains flagrant loopholes.
You don’t need to explain these to your representative. Just let them know that Oregon must disconnect from these bad federal policies by eliminating the FDII in Oregon and increasing the GILTI for Oregon schools and our safety net.
By getting rid of FDII and increasing GILTI to at least 50 percent, Oregon would realize an estimated $380 million in a full biennium and about $190 million for the current 25-27 budget.
It’s easy to look up who your own legislators are at Legislator Lookup – oregonlegislature.gov
If you know who they are, the email addresses for Oregon legislators follow this pattern:
Sen.KateLieber@OregonLegislature.Gov and Rep.JulieFahey@oregonlegislature.gov I’m sure you see the pattern.
Now, before the legislative session begins in February, is the best time to reach out on this issue.
Please see this link provided by the Oregon Center for Public Policy for an in-depth discussion: https://www.ocpp.org/2025/11/12/corporations-profits-overseas-tax
News report – Oregon property tax deferral program declining participation…
January 5, 2026
A decades-old Oregon program that allows seniors and disabled homeowners to defer property taxes has seen participation drop dramatically. – KPTV
Send your email !
January 16, 2026
Here’s what Jody sent to her two state legislators on the tax haven legislation. Please sent it or your own words to your two legislators. Find their email here: Legislator Lookup – oregonlegislature.gov Don’t just forward this to them. It’s far better to send an email.
We need your vote to make the tax changes
for global corporations using GILTI and FDII
Of course, the business community will lobby you to focus on depreciation. They only lose the time value of money with that provision. You should do both changes to corporate taxation. But the NCTI (GILTI) and D/C FDDEI (FDII) changes are by far the most important. They will be the most productive over time, providing nearly $400 million a biennium in new revenue going forward. And will significantly increase tax fairness by reducing corporate tax avoidance by global corporations. It will not impact local Oregon companies that do not use overseas tax havens.
For example, here’s some information about tax avoidance by Oregon’s data center owners.
Each of the big data center developers in eastern Oregon has long been known as a user of tax havens: Apple, Google/Alphabet, Facebook/Meta, Amazon/AWS as well as Adobe in Hillsboro. So, of course, are Intel, Nike, Starbucks and a whole host of other big global companies.
Trillions more are held in offshore tax havens by hedge funds, private equity firms and investment partnerships, where the tech bros and others invest their funds. These are the owners of GTS, Flexential and Stack each of which has five or more data centers in Hillsboro.
Amazon (with 62 data centers in eastern Oregon) is amongst the worst according to Wikipedia, paying 12% rather than 35% in federal taxes and therefore 2.6% rather than 7.6% in Oregon taxes.
Meta/Facebook (with 11 data centers in Prineville) is famous for its use of Ireland and the Caymen Islands as tax havens.
The business community will lobby you to focus on depreciation. It’s the best deal for them, but not for tax fairness or the General Fund. Tell your fellow legislators you support changes to GILTI and FDII.
Sources:
ITEP’s Top 100 users of offshore shell games names the 100 biggest users in 2017. Likely all of whom do business with Oregonians. It shows tax avoidance by Intel at $46.4 billion and Nike at $12.2 billion https://itep.org/offshoreshellgames2017/
Hedge funds, private equity firms and investment partnerships use of tax havens
https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/4-trillion-us-wealth-stashed-overseas-much-it-tax-havens
AmazonWikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_tax_avoidance#:~:text=%5B1%5D%20According%20to%20a%20report,US%20during%20the%20same%20period.
Facebook https://itep.org/fact-sheet-facebook-and-tax-avoidance/
Send your email !
January 16, 2026
Here’s what Jody sent to her two state legislators on the tax haven legislation. Please sent it or your own words to your two legislators. Find their email here: Legislator Lookup – oregonlegislature.gov Don’t just forward this to them. It’s far better to send an email.
We need your vote to make the tax changes
for global corporations using GILTI and FDII
Of course, the business community will lobby you to focus on depreciation. They only lose the time value of money with that provision. You should do both changes to corporate taxation. But the NCTI (GILTI) and D/C FDDEI (FDII) changes are by far the most important. They will be the most productive over time, providing nearly $400 million a biennium in new revenue going forward. And will significantly increase tax fairness by reducing corporate tax avoidance by global corporations. It will not impact local Oregon companies that do not use overseas tax havens.
For example, here’s some information about tax avoidance by Oregon’s data center owners.
Each of the big data center developers in eastern Oregon has long been known as a user of tax havens: Apple, Google/Alphabet, Facebook/Meta, Amazon/AWS as well as Adobe in Hillsboro. So, of course, are Intel, Nike, Starbucks and a whole host of other big global companies.
Trillions more are held in offshore tax havens by hedge funds, private equity firms and investment partnerships, where the tech bros and others invest their funds. These are the owners of GTS, Flexential and Stack each of which has five or more data centers in Hillsboro.
Amazon (with 62 data centers in eastern Oregon) is amongst the worst according to Wikipedia, paying 12% rather than 35% in federal taxes and therefore 2.6% rather than 7.6% in Oregon taxes.
Meta/Facebook (with 11 data centers in Prineville) is famous for its use of Ireland and the Caymen Islands as tax havens.
The business community will lobby you to focus on depreciation. It’s the best deal for them, but not for tax fairness or the General Fund. Tell your fellow legislators you support changes to GILTI and FDII.
Sources:
ITEP’s Top 100 users of offshore shell games names the 100 biggest users in 2017. Likely all of whom do business with Oregonians. It shows tax avoidance by Intel at $46.4 billion and Nike at $12.2 billion https://itep.org/offshoreshellgames2017/
Hedge funds, private equity firms and investment partnerships use of tax havens
https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/4-trillion-us-wealth-stashed-overseas-much-it-tax-havens
AmazonWikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_tax_avoidance#:~:text=%5B1%5D%20According%20to%20a%20report,US%20during%20the%20same%20period.
Facebook https://itep.org/fact-sheet-facebook-and-tax-avoidance/
Voices needed on Oregon Corporate Tax Give-A-Ways
January 12, 2026
Oregon faces the loss of nearly $900 million in already budgeted revenue funds for education and other essential services. This is due, in part, to changes in the corporate tax structure enacted in the Big Beautiful Bill.
It is essential that we pressure legislators to act on this. We understand they don’t currently have this issue on their list of things to accomplish in the coming session. But the list is still in flux.
They need to know constituents are watching to see what they do. Please email them now and ask at their town halls about addressing losses in Corporate taxed revenue derived from Foreign intangible income and Global intangible Income: known as Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) and Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (GILTI). FDII is a tax deduction for Corporations and GILTI contains flagrant loopholes.
You don’t need to explain these to your representative. Just let them know that Oregon must disconnect from these bad federal policies by eliminating the FDII in Oregon and increasing the GILTI for Oregon schools and our safety net.
By getting rid of FDII and increasing GILTI to at least 50 percent, Oregon would realize an estimated $380 million in a full biennium and about $190 million for the current 25-27 budget.
It’s easy to look up who your own legislators are at Legislator Lookup – oregonlegislature.gov
If you know who they are, the email addresses for Oregon legislators follow this pattern:
Sen.KateLieber@OregonLegislature.Gov and Rep.JulieFahey@oregonlegislature.gov I’m sure you see the pattern.
Now, before the legislative session begins in February, is the best time to reach out on this issue.
Please see this link provided by the Oregon Center for Public Policy for an in-depth discussion: https://www.ocpp.org/2025/11/12/corporations-profits-overseas-tax
News report – Oregon property tax deferral program declining participation…
January 5, 2026
A decades-old Oregon program that allows seniors and disabled homeowners to defer property taxes has seen participation drop dramatically. – KPTV
Send your email !
January 16, 2026
Here’s what Jody sent to her two state legislators on the tax haven legislation. Please sent it or your own words to your two legislators. Find their email here: Legislator Lookup – oregonlegislature.gov Don’t just forward this to them. It’s far better to send an email.
We need your vote to make the tax changes
for global corporations using GILTI and FDII
Of course, the business community will lobby you to focus on depreciation. They only lose the time value of money with that provision. You should do both changes to corporate taxation. But the NCTI (GILTI) and D/C FDDEI (FDII) changes are by far the most important. They will be the most productive over time, providing nearly $400 million a biennium in new revenue going forward. And will significantly increase tax fairness by reducing corporate tax avoidance by global corporations. It will not impact local Oregon companies that do not use overseas tax havens.
For example, here’s some information about tax avoidance by Oregon’s data center owners.
Each of the big data center developers in eastern Oregon has long been known as a user of tax havens: Apple, Google/Alphabet, Facebook/Meta, Amazon/AWS as well as Adobe in Hillsboro. So, of course, are Intel, Nike, Starbucks and a whole host of other big global companies.
Trillions more are held in offshore tax havens by hedge funds, private equity firms and investment partnerships, where the tech bros and others invest their funds. These are the owners of GTS, Flexential and Stack each of which has five or more data centers in Hillsboro.
Amazon (with 62 data centers in eastern Oregon) is amongst the worst according to Wikipedia, paying 12% rather than 35% in federal taxes and therefore 2.6% rather than 7.6% in Oregon taxes.
Meta/Facebook (with 11 data centers in Prineville) is famous for its use of Ireland and the Caymen Islands as tax havens.
The business community will lobby you to focus on depreciation. It’s the best deal for them, but not for tax fairness or the General Fund. Tell your fellow legislators you support changes to GILTI and FDII.
Sources:
ITEP’s Top 100 users of offshore shell games names the 100 biggest users in 2017. Likely all of whom do business with Oregonians. It shows tax avoidance by Intel at $46.4 billion and Nike at $12.2 billion https://itep.org/offshoreshellgames2017/
Hedge funds, private equity firms and investment partnerships use of tax havens
https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/4-trillion-us-wealth-stashed-overseas-much-it-tax-havens
AmazonWikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_tax_avoidance#:~:text=%5B1%5D%20According%20to%20a%20report,US%20during%20the%20same%20period.
Facebook https://itep.org/fact-sheet-facebook-and-tax-avoidance/
Send your email !
January 16, 2026
Here’s what Jody sent to her two state legislators on the tax haven legislation. Please sent it or your own words to your two legislators. Find their email here: Legislator Lookup – oregonlegislature.gov Don’t just forward this to them. It’s far better to send an email.
We need your vote to make the tax changes
for global corporations using GILTI and FDII
Of course, the business community will lobby you to focus on depreciation. They only lose the time value of money with that provision. You should do both changes to corporate taxation. But the NCTI (GILTI) and D/C FDDEI (FDII) changes are by far the most important. They will be the most productive over time, providing nearly $400 million a biennium in new revenue going forward. And will significantly increase tax fairness by reducing corporate tax avoidance by global corporations. It will not impact local Oregon companies that do not use overseas tax havens.
For example, here’s some information about tax avoidance by Oregon’s data center owners.
Each of the big data center developers in eastern Oregon has long been known as a user of tax havens: Apple, Google/Alphabet, Facebook/Meta, Amazon/AWS as well as Adobe in Hillsboro. So, of course, are Intel, Nike, Starbucks and a whole host of other big global companies.
Trillions more are held in offshore tax havens by hedge funds, private equity firms and investment partnerships, where the tech bros and others invest their funds. These are the owners of GTS, Flexential and Stack each of which has five or more data centers in Hillsboro.
Amazon (with 62 data centers in eastern Oregon) is amongst the worst according to Wikipedia, paying 12% rather than 35% in federal taxes and therefore 2.6% rather than 7.6% in Oregon taxes.
Meta/Facebook (with 11 data centers in Prineville) is famous for its use of Ireland and the Caymen Islands as tax havens.
The business community will lobby you to focus on depreciation. It’s the best deal for them, but not for tax fairness or the General Fund. Tell your fellow legislators you support changes to GILTI and FDII.
Sources:
ITEP’s Top 100 users of offshore shell games names the 100 biggest users in 2017. Likely all of whom do business with Oregonians. It shows tax avoidance by Intel at $46.4 billion and Nike at $12.2 billion https://itep.org/offshoreshellgames2017/
Hedge funds, private equity firms and investment partnerships use of tax havens
https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/4-trillion-us-wealth-stashed-overseas-much-it-tax-havens
AmazonWikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_tax_avoidance#:~:text=%5B1%5D%20According%20to%20a%20report,US%20during%20the%20same%20period.
Facebook https://itep.org/fact-sheet-facebook-and-tax-avoidance/
Voices needed on Oregon Corporate Tax Give-A-Ways
January 12, 2026
Oregon faces the loss of nearly $900 million in already budgeted revenue funds for education and other essential services. This is due, in part, to changes in the corporate tax structure enacted in the Big Beautiful Bill.
It is essential that we pressure legislators to act on this. We understand they don’t currently have this issue on their list of things to accomplish in the coming session. But the list is still in flux.
They need to know constituents are watching to see what they do. Please email them now and ask at their town halls about addressing losses in Corporate taxed revenue derived from Foreign intangible income and Global intangible Income: known as Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) and Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (GILTI). FDII is a tax deduction for Corporations and GILTI contains flagrant loopholes.
You don’t need to explain these to your representative. Just let them know that Oregon must disconnect from these bad federal policies by eliminating the FDII in Oregon and increasing the GILTI for Oregon schools and our safety net.
By getting rid of FDII and increasing GILTI to at least 50 percent, Oregon would realize an estimated $380 million in a full biennium and about $190 million for the current 25-27 budget.
It’s easy to look up who your own legislators are at Legislator Lookup – oregonlegislature.gov
If you know who they are, the email addresses for Oregon legislators follow this pattern:
Sen.KateLieber@OregonLegislature.Gov and Rep.JulieFahey@oregonlegislature.gov I’m sure you see the pattern.
Now, before the legislative session begins in February, is the best time to reach out on this issue.
Please see this link provided by the Oregon Center for Public Policy for an in-depth discussion: https://www.ocpp.org/2025/11/12/corporations-profits-overseas-tax
News report – Oregon property tax deferral program declining participation…
January 5, 2026
A decades-old Oregon program that allows seniors and disabled homeowners to defer property taxes has seen participation drop dramatically. – KPTV