Rumble #30: What is the Deal with Data Centers – Episode 2

Like the springtime emergence of invasive plants, data centers appear to be cropping up everywhere. Aside from providing limited long-term employment opportunities and receiving tax breaks, data centers demand extreme amounts of water, energy and land. Rumble 30 is the second and all-new Rumble installment of the continuing story of data centers in our region. We hope you can join us to learn more about this important issue.

What: Rumble 30: What is the Deal with Data Centers – Episode 2

When: April 28, 2026. Doors and Info Tables at 5:30 p.m., Panel at 6:30 p.m.

Where: First Unitarian Church 1211 SW Main St, Downtown Portland 

Who: 

• Wilbur Slockish, Klickitat Chief 
• John DeVoe, Senior Advisor & Former Executive Director of WaterWatch 
• Kaleb Lay, Director of Research & Policy with Oregon Rural Action 
• Nellie McAdams, Executive Director with Oregon Agricultural Trust 
• Kelsey Shaw Nakama, Policy & Advocacy Director with Tualatin Riverkeepers 
• Jody Wiser, Founder and Board President of Tax Fairness Oregon 
• Barbara Bernstein (Moderator), Filmmaker and host of KBOO Radio’s Locus Focus

Cost: Rumbles are always free!

Parking: Street parking is available

Public Transportation: 

• Bus and Max lines: Check TriMet Trip Planner
• Streetcar: A and B Loops

Bikes are welcome!

BACKGROUND

Since 2022, Rumble On The River has presented 29 community forums in neighborhoods throughout Portland and at the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, University of Oregon. Rumbles bring together expert voices to discuss a range of environmental and social topics. These have included the Columbia & Willamette River ecosystems, transportation, false climate solutions, urban forestry, shade equity, risk-bonding, salmon restoration, the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund and the Western Hemisphere’s most toxic site–Hanford. A recurring Rumble focus has been the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub and the potential hazards of having 90 percent of Oregon’s fuel and a dangerous mix of chemicals stored within Portland’s city limits on a riverside seismic liquefaction zone.

RUMBLE CO-SPONSORS

• 350 PDX 
• Alliance for Democracy 
• Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association
• Bird Alliance of Oregon 
• Braided River Campaign 
• Breach Collective 
• Cathedral Park Neighborhood Association 
• Columbia Riverkeeper 
• Community for Earth/First Unitarian Portland 
• Cully Association of Neighbors 
• EcoFaith Recovery 
• Economic Justice Action Group/First Unitarian Portland
• Extinction Rebellion-PDX 
• Frog Ferry 
• Havurah Climate Action Team 
• Human Access Project 
• KBOO Radio 90.7 
• Kenton Neighborhood Association 
• Linnton Neighborhood Association 
• Mosquito Fleet 
• Mt Tabor Neighborhood Association 
• Neighbors for Clean Air 
• No More Freeways 
• OPAL, Environmental Justice Oregon 
• Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club 
• Oregon Conservancy Foundation 
• Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility 
• Pearl District Neighborhood Association 
• P.E.S.T. Projection 
• Portland Committee on Human Rights in the Philippines 
• Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group 
• Portland Harbor Community Coalition 
• Portland Jobs with Justice 
• Portland Raging Grannies 
• Portland Youth Climate Strike 
• Portsmouth Neighborhood Association 
• St. Johns Neighborhood Association 
• Sauvie Island Community Association 
• Sunrise Movement PDX
• Tank The Tanks
• Third Act Oregon 
• Willamette Riverkeeper